389 CDUS44 KLCH 061245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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 70 234 PM 89 1955 76 -6 70 1918 1906 MINIMUM 44 631 AM 33 1987 52 -8 53 AVERAGE 57 64 -7 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.23 1917 0.20 -0.20 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.65 1.03 -0.38 9.10 SINCE MAR 1 10.23 6.08 4.15 11.25 SINCE JAN 1 26.72 15.76 10.96 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 8 4 4 3 MONTH TO DATE 14 20 -6 3 SINCE MAR 1 155 235 -80 132 SINCE JUL 1 1777 1900 -123 1108 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 17 11 6 21 SINCE MAR 1 88 47 41 126 SINCE JAN 1 147 64 83 208 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 600 AM LOWEST 45 1200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 37 1971 1950 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2018.........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT APRIL 7 2018.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$