636 CDUS44 KLCH 190808 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 307 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 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 78 416 PM 85 1925 72 6 79 MINIMUM 70 521 AM 33 1960 53 17 65 AVERAGE 74 62 12 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.15 1905 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.94 2.05 0.89 1.95 SINCE MAR 1 2.94 2.05 0.89 1.95 SINCE JAN 1 17.11 10.89 6.22 5.35 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 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 35 103 -68 78 SINCE MAR 1 35 103 -68 78 SINCE JUL 1 858 1316 -458 1405 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 2 7 7 MONTH TO DATE 93 25 68 22 SINCE MAR 1 93 25 68 22 SINCE JAN 1 179 51 128 61 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 76 1000 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 86 1904 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 29 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 19 2012.........SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT MARCH 20 2012.........SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$