NEWCLMAEX 000 TTAA00 KLCH 050026 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 PM CST FRI JAN 4 2019 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 09/01/2000 07/13/1901 LOW 3 02/13/1899 HIGHEST 100 07/22 07/21 LOWEST 13 01/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.4 77.5 0.9 AVG. MINIMUM 57.3 55.5 1.8 MEAN 67.9 1.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 129 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 23 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 88.00 1923 MINIMUM 33.39 1954 TOTALS 67.01 55.92 11.09 DAYS >= .01 122 DAYS >= .10 80 DAYS >= .50 43 DAYS >= 1.00 21 24 HR. TOTAL 4.16 02/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T TOTALS 0.8 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1909 1951 -42 SINCE 7/1 793 COOLING TOTAL 3063 2520 543 SINCE 1/1 3063 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/15/1893 LATEST 04/13/1940 EARLIEST 11/14 LATEST 02/18 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/320 DATE 04/03 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/350 DATE 03/28 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$