636 CDUS44 KLCH 191245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT THU APR 19 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 81 1250 PM 92 2006 79 2 81 MINIMUM 62 1151 PM 39 2001 55 7 66 AVERAGE 72 67 5 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.57 1991 0.15 -0.15 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 2.70 3.05 -0.35 9.82 SINCE MAR 1 12.28 8.10 4.18 11.97 SINCE JAN 1 28.77 17.78 10.99 19.68 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 56 26 14 SINCE MAR 1 223 271 -48 143 SINCE JUL 1 1845 1936 -91 1119 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 3 4 9 MONTH TO DATE 37 50 -13 80 SINCE MAR 1 108 86 22 185 SINCE JAN 1 167 103 64 267 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 49 1200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 94 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 38 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2018.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT APRIL 20 2018.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$