462 CDUS44 KLCH 010818 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 317 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2018 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 30 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 81 351 PM 96 1953 84 -3 89 MINIMUM 72 710 AM 42 1909 61 11 59 AVERAGE 77 72 5 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.10 2.51 1898 0.16 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.06 2.90 1.16 0.09 SINCE SEP 1 4.06 2.90 1.16 0.09 SINCE JAN 1 46.00 39.13 6.87 43.32 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 3 -3 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 8 4 9 MONTH TO DATE 485 363 122 375 SINCE SEP 1 485 363 122 375 SINCE JAN 1 2809 2350 459 2404 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1100 AM LOWEST 82 500 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 97 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 41 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 1 2018.......SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 655 PM CDT OCTOBER 2 2018.......SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 654 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$