764 CDUS44 KLCH 041245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 89 217 PM 96 1955 83 6 68 MINIMUM 69 1159 PM 43 2013 60 9 59 AVERAGE 79 71 8 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.25 1916 0.14 -0.14 0.82 MONTH TO DATE T 0.40 -0.40 0.82 SINCE MAR 1 13.00 10.00 3.00 13.87 SINCE JAN 1 29.49 19.68 9.81 21.58 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 14 6 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 34 18 16 5 SINCE MAR 1 160 160 0 267 SINCE JAN 1 219 177 42 349 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 400 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 94 1952 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 38 2013 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2018...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT MAY 5 2018...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$