545 CDUS44 KLCH 081245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 64 237 AM 91 1930 76 -12 74 MINIMUM 40 1159 PM 31 1971 52 -12 46 AVERAGE 52 64 -12 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.01 2.43 1973 0.19 0.82 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.35 1.41 0.94 9.10 SINCE MAR 1 11.93 6.46 5.47 11.25 SINCE JAN 1 28.42 16.14 12.28 18.96 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 13 4 9 5 MONTH TO DATE 27 28 -1 13 SINCE MAR 1 168 243 -75 142 SINCE JUL 1 1790 1908 -118 1118 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 17 3 21 SINCE MAR 1 91 53 38 126 SINCE JAN 1 150 70 80 208 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 86 1100 AM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 34 1939 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2018.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT APRIL 9 2018.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$