505 CDUS44 KLCH 171245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 74 451 PM 92 1925 78 -4 84 1920 MINIMUM 37R 606 AM 37 2018 54 -17 65 2014 AVERAGE 56 66 -10 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.80 2015 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.70 2.75 -0.05 9.34 SINCE MAR 1 12.28 7.80 4.48 11.49 SINCE JAN 1 28.77 17.48 11.29 19.20 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 9 2 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 82 52 30 14 SINCE MAR 1 223 267 -44 143 SINCE JUL 1 1845 1932 -87 1119 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 10 MONTH TO DATE 29 44 -15 61 SINCE MAR 1 100 80 20 166 SINCE JAN 1 159 97 62 248 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 25 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 92 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 39 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2018.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT APRIL 18 2018.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$