809 CDUS44 KLCH 080818 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 316 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2020 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2020 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 78 336 PM 93 1952 83 -5 85 1905 MINIMUM 54 533 AM 41 1898 61 -7 67 AVERAGE 66 72 -6 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.80 1893 0.15 -0.15 T MONTH TO DATE T 1.00 -1.00 0.89 SINCE MAR 1 11.30 10.60 0.70 10.26 SINCE JAN 1 24.65 20.28 4.37 21.47 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 1 8 -7 11 MONTH TO DATE 46 47 -1 62 SINCE MAR 1 269 189 80 175 SINCE JAN 1 285 206 79 200 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 1200 AM LOWEST 36 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 92 2018 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 43 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2020...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT MAY 9 2020...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$