308 CDUS44 KLCH 290919 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 419 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 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 1200 PM 105 1943 93 2 75 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 56 1896 71 3 70 AVERAGE 85 82 3 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.53 2.65 2017 0.11 0.42 2.65 MONTH TO DATE 1.28 3.16 -1.88 6.18 SINCE JUN 1 10.15 11.89 -1.74 14.85 SINCE JAN 1 41.87 35.89 5.98 39.56 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 20 17 3 8 MONTH TO DATE 513 496 17 455 SINCE JUN 1 1637 1488 149 1424 SINCE JAN 1 2268 1942 326 1999 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 500 AM LOWEST 49 1200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 103 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 55 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 29 2018........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT AUGUST 30 2018........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$