360 CDUS44 KLCH 041245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED APR 4 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 84 241 PM 87 1940 75 9 78 1918 MINIMUM 63 717 PM 32 1915 51 12 63 AVERAGE 74 63 11 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.65 3.55 2000 0.21 0.44 T MONTH TO DATE 0.65 0.64 0.01 9.10 SINCE MAR 1 10.23 5.69 4.54 11.25 SINCE JAN 1 26.72 15.37 11.35 18.96 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 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 0 SINCE MAR 1 141 227 -86 129 SINCE JUL 1 1763 1892 -129 1105 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 2 7 6 MONTH TO DATE 17 6 11 14 SINCE MAR 1 88 42 46 119 SINCE JAN 1 147 59 88 201 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 89 1954 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 33 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2018.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT APRIL 5 2018.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$