544 CDUS44 KLCH 261420 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 920 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 25 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 93 224 PM 96 1898 87 6 86 1896 MINIMUM 70 1159 PM 52 1913 66 4 53 AVERAGE 82 76 6 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.22 1.97 1971 0.18 1.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.19 3.80 -1.61 1.70 SINCE MAR 1 15.19 13.40 1.79 14.75 SINCE JAN 1 31.68 23.08 8.60 22.46 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 17 12 5 5 MONTH TO DATE 342 221 121 158 SINCE MAR 1 468 363 105 420 SINCE JAN 1 527 380 147 502 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 42 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 41 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1912 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 49 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 26 2018...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT MAY 27 2018...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$