409 CDUS44 KLCH 180828 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 327 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 107 1902 94 4 91 MINIMUM 75 545 AM 59 2004 72 3 75 AVERAGE 87 83 4 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.99 1939 0.12 -0.12 0.18 MONTH TO DATE 0.71 1.81 -1.10 3.16 SINCE JUN 1 9.58 10.54 -0.96 11.83 SINCE JAN 1 41.30 34.54 6.76 36.54 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 22 18 4 18 MONTH TO DATE 294 306 -12 288 SINCE JUN 1 1418 1298 120 1257 SINCE JAN 1 2049 1752 297 1832 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 300 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 106 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 62 2004 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2018........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2018........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$