826 CDUS44 KLCH 110840 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 340 AM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 10 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 64 302 PM 86 1918 71 -7 68 MINIMUM 50 227 AM 30 1932 51 -1 42 AVERAGE 57 61 -4 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.90 1926 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.44 1.18 1.26 1.67 SINCE MAR 1 2.44 1.18 1.26 1.67 SINCE JAN 1 16.61 10.02 6.59 5.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 6 2 10 MONTH TO DATE 35 65 -30 50 SINCE MAR 1 35 65 -30 50 SINCE JUL 1 858 1278 -420 1377 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 33 10 23 6 SINCE MAR 1 33 10 23 6 SINCE JAN 1 119 36 83 45 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 85 1906 1904 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 29 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 11 2012.........SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT MARCH 12 2012.........SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 723 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$