615 CDUS44 KLCH 031003 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 503 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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 80 119 PM 88 1943 75 5 83 MINIMUM 64 849 AM 39 1962 56 8 63 AVERAGE 72 66 6 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.43 1.47 2000 0.09 0.34 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.43 0.19 0.24 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 7.95 3.72 4.23 2.07 SINCE JAN 1 22.12 12.56 9.56 5.47 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 154 -113 82 SINCE JUL 1 864 1367 -503 1409 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 3 4 8 MONTH TO DATE 17 6 11 10 SINCE MAR 1 172 61 111 97 SINCE JAN 1 258 87 171 136 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 54 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 86 1974 1945 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 32 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 3 2012.........SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT APRIL 4 2012.........SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$