896 CDUS44 KLCH 181245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED APR 18 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 83 311 PM 92 2006 78 5 84 MINIMUM 49 553 AM 39 1921 55 -6 66 AVERAGE 66 67 -1 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.79 1900 0.15 -0.15 0.41 MONTH TO DATE 2.70 2.90 -0.20 9.75 SINCE MAR 1 12.28 7.95 4.33 11.90 SINCE JAN 1 28.77 17.63 11.14 19.61 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 82 54 28 14 SINCE MAR 1 223 269 -46 143 SINCE JUL 1 1845 1934 -89 1119 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 3 -2 10 MONTH TO DATE 30 47 -17 71 SINCE MAR 1 101 83 18 176 SINCE JAN 1 160 100 60 258 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 28 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 39 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2018.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT APRIL 19 2018.........SUNRISE 638 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. $$