878 CDUS44 KLCH 060845 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 344 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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 95 437 PM 104 1897 93 2 94 MINIMUM 72 1159 PM 60 1912 73 -1 70 AVERAGE 84 83 1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.03 1955 0.11 -0.11 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.57 0.56 0.01 0.33 SINCE JUN 1 9.44 9.29 0.15 9.00 SINCE JAN 1 41.16 33.29 7.87 33.71 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 19 18 1 17 MONTH TO DATE 80 90 -10 78 SINCE JUN 1 1204 1082 122 1047 SINCE JAN 1 1835 1536 299 1622 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 102 1964 1947 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 60 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 6 2018........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT AUGUST 7 2018........SUNRISE 631 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. $$