523 CDUS44 KLCH 010818 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 318 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 31 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 85 435 PM 103 1998 93 -8 93 1930 MINIMUM 71 800 AM 63 1897 73 -2 67 AVERAGE 78 83 -5 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.76 3.25 1923 0.08 0.68 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.70 3.63 2.07 2.78 SINCE JUN 1 8.87 8.73 0.14 8.67 SINCE JAN 1 40.59 32.73 7.86 33.38 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 13 18 -5 15 MONTH TO DATE 594 539 55 555 SINCE JUN 1 1124 992 132 969 SINCE JAN 1 1755 1446 309 1544 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 AM LOWEST 65 400 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 105 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 64 1936 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 1 2018........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT AUGUST 2 2018........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$