683 CDUS44 KLCH 041028 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 528 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 83 232 PM 86 1974 76 7 80 1945 1925 MINIMUM 73 422 AM 32 1987 56 17 66 AVERAGE 78 66 12 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.60 1993 0.10 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.44 0.29 0.15 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 7.96 3.82 4.14 2.07 SINCE JAN 1 22.13 12.66 9.47 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 156 -115 82 SINCE JUL 1 864 1369 -505 1409 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 3 10 8 MONTH TO DATE 30 9 21 18 SINCE MAR 1 185 64 121 105 SINCE JAN 1 271 90 181 144 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 900 PM LOWEST 65 200 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 87 1928 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2012.........SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT APRIL 5 2012.........SUNRISE 700 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. $$