579 CDUS44 KLCH 171245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 95R 126 PM 95 2018 85 10 87 MINIMUM 68 515 AM 46 1907 64 4 63 AVERAGE 82 75 7 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 3.40 1983 0.13 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.32 2.22 -1.90 1.28 SINCE MAR 1 13.32 11.82 1.50 14.33 SINCE JAN 1 29.81 21.50 8.31 22.04 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 10 7 10 MONTH TO DATE 195 125 70 74 SINCE MAR 1 321 267 54 336 SINCE JAN 1 380 284 96 418 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 33 100 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 93 1925 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 47 2011 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2018...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT MAY 18 2018...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$