780 CDUS44 KLCH 071245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 89 207 PM 95 1906 83 6 80 MINIMUM 57 515 AM 38 1954 61 -4 49 AVERAGE 73 72 1 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.20 1935 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.28 0.85 -0.57 0.91 SINCE MAR 1 13.28 10.45 2.83 13.96 SINCE JAN 1 29.77 20.13 9.64 21.67 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 8 7 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 58 39 19 5 SINCE MAR 1 184 181 3 267 SINCE JAN 1 243 198 45 349 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 26 200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 1952 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 41 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2018...........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT MAY 8 2018...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$