868 CDUS44 KLCH 090828 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 327 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 96 330 PM 106 1947 93 3 84 MINIMUM 69 510 AM 64 1901 72 -3 73 AVERAGE 83 83 0 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.10 1944 0.12 -0.12 0.27 MONTH TO DATE 0.57 0.91 -0.34 0.60 SINCE JUN 1 9.44 9.64 -0.20 9.27 SINCE JAN 1 41.16 33.64 7.52 33.98 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 18 0 14 MONTH TO DATE 132 144 -12 126 SINCE JUN 1 1256 1136 120 1095 SINCE JAN 1 1887 1590 297 1670 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 107 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 60 1990 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2018........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2018........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$