598 CDUS44 KLCH 311245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30 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 74 335 PM 92 1946 74 0 75 MINIMUM 53 642 AM 32 1893 50 3 55 AVERAGE 64 62 2 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.46 1961 0.15 -0.15 T MONTH TO DATE 9.58 4.90 4.68 2.15 SINCE MAR 1 9.58 4.90 4.68 2.15 SINCE JAN 1 26.07 14.58 11.49 9.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 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 1 5 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 139 210 -71 129 SINCE MAR 1 139 210 -71 129 SINCE JUL 1 1761 1875 -114 1105 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 71 36 35 103 SINCE MAR 1 71 36 35 103 SINCE JAN 1 130 53 77 185 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 89 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 29 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 31 2018.........SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT APRIL 1 2018.........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$