674 CDUS44 KLCH 181245 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 94R 330 PM 94 2018 86 8 89 MINIMUM 68 541 AM 47 2011 64 4 67 1907 AVERAGE 81 75 6 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.30 1953 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.32 2.38 -2.06 1.28 SINCE MAR 1 13.32 11.98 1.34 14.33 SINCE JAN 1 29.81 21.66 8.15 22.04 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 10 6 13 MONTH TO DATE 211 135 76 87 SINCE MAR 1 337 277 60 349 SINCE JAN 1 396 294 102 431 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 32 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 96 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 2009 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2018...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT MAY 19 2018...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$