632 CDUS44 KLCH 071245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 645 AM CST WED MAR 7 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 68 352 PM 85 1956 68 0 74 MINIMUM 45 649 AM 24 2015 46 -1 60 AVERAGE 57 57 0 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.45 1.90 1933 0.18 0.27 T MONTH TO DATE 0.84 1.02 -0.18 0.19 SINCE MAR 1 0.84 1.02 -0.18 0.19 SINCE JAN 1 17.33 10.70 6.63 7.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.9 MM MM 0.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 9 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 22 57 -35 40 SINCE MAR 1 22 57 -35 40 SINCE JUL 1 1644 1722 -78 1016 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 4 6 -2 6 SINCE MAR 1 4 6 -2 6 SINCE JAN 1 63 23 40 88 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 24 100 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 86 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 25 2015 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2018.........SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST MARCH 8 2018.........SUNRISE 629 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$