342 CDUS44 KLCH 241420 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 920 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 93 217 PM 97 2005 87 6 78 MINIMUM 68 258 AM 50 1954 65 3 63 AVERAGE 81 76 5 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.65 2.09 1952 0.18 0.47 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 3.43 -2.46 1.70 SINCE MAR 1 13.97 13.03 0.94 14.75 SINCE JAN 1 30.46 22.71 7.75 22.46 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 11 5 6 MONTH TO DATE 309 198 111 153 SINCE MAR 1 435 340 95 415 SINCE JAN 1 494 357 137 497 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 600 AM LOWEST 44 100 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 51 1967 1917 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2018...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT MAY 25 2018...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$