159 CDUS44 KLCH 170837 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 336 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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 98 333 PM 104 1902 94 4 90 MINIMUM 74 611 AM 57 2004 72 2 75 AVERAGE 86 83 3 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.87 1985 0.13 -0.13 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 0.71 1.69 -0.98 2.98 SINCE JUN 1 9.58 10.42 -0.84 11.65 SINCE JAN 1 41.30 34.42 6.88 36.36 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 18 3 18 MONTH TO DATE 272 288 -16 270 SINCE JUN 1 1396 1280 116 1239 SINCE JAN 1 2027 1734 293 1814 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 40 500 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 107 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 59 2004 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 17 2018........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT AUGUST 18 2018........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$