000 CDUS44 KLCH 130813 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 312 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2008 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1930 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 83 309 PM 93 1963 81 2 79 MINIMUM 62 610 AM 42 1952 58 4 50 AVERAGE 73 69 4 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.41 1970 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 1.74 -1.66 0.18 SINCE SEP 1 11.89 5.74 6.15 6.36 SINCE JAN 1 43.90 46.21 -2.31 39.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 5 -5 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 5 -5 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 5 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 71 82 -11 151 SINCE SEP 1 446 476 -30 579 SINCE JAN 1 2796 2496 300 2584 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 39 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 13 2008.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT OCTOBER 14 2008.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 639 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$