000 CDUS44 KLCH 052244 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 543 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1930 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 97 253 PM 101 1969 92 5 94 MINIMUM 80 613 AM 60 1968 73 7 70 AVERAGE 89 83 6 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.23 1991 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.72 -0.72 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 1.71 5.60 -3.89 2.79 SINCE JAN 1 20.05 32.61 -12.56 26.96 DEGREE DAYS COOLING TODAY 24 18 6 17 MONTH TO DATE 112 89 23 79 SINCE JUN 1 655 557 98 641 SINCE JAN 1 1183 983 200 1227 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 200 AM LOWEST 42 300 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 99 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 62 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 5 2009..........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT JULY 6 2009..........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$