598 CDUS44 KLCH 021245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 85 323 PM 94 1901 82 3 80 MINIMUM 59 430 AM 42 1925 59 0 48 1908 AVERAGE 72 71 1 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.16 1937 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.13 -0.13 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 13.00 9.73 3.27 13.05 SINCE JAN 1 29.49 19.41 10.08 20.76 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 0 0 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE MAR 1 253 282 -29 154 SINCE JUL 1 1875 1947 -72 1130 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 6 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 6 1 0 SINCE MAR 1 133 148 -15 262 SINCE JAN 1 192 165 27 344 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 500 AM LOWEST 37 1200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 1947 1943 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 39 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2018...........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT MAY 3 2018...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$