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Winter Returns Across the Northern Tier; Record Warmth for the Southwest

A large high pressure system will usher in cold air for this first day of March across the northern Plains, Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Some wintry precipitation may evolve across the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic through Monday. Meanwhile, record warmth will spread across the Southwest, southern Plains through early this week. Read More >

Cooperative Station Climate Data
 

  Station: Alexandria 5 SSE
  State: Louisiana
  Parish: Rapides

 

 

30 Year Normals (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
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Temps
(°F)
Max 58.6 62.0 69.8 77.6 84.6 89.5 91.8 92.5 87.6 79.4 69.2 60.0 76.9
Min 35.7 38.5 45.2 52.7 61.6 68.2 70.4 69.5 64.7 53.5 44.9 38.2 53.6
Precipitation (in.) 5.27 5.18 4.68 4.39 4.88 5.84 4.09 3.17 4.23 5.42 5.85 6.36 59.36
Degree
Days
Heating 557 422 259 91 9 0 0 0 4 78 263 503 2186
Cooling 4 9 26 95 260 415 499 496 338 123 24 10 2299

Note: Sums/averages of monthly values may not equate to yearly sums/averages due to rounding -
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Map location of Alexandria 5 SSE

Data courtesy of the National Climatic Data Center
Map courtesy of Google - map functions are non-operative