882 CDUS44 KLCH 050944 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 444 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 77 452 PM 87 1928 76 1 83 1918 MINIMUM 66 533 AM 38 1987 56 10 52 AVERAGE 72 66 6 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.59 1995 0.10 -0.09 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.39 0.06 0.04 SINCE MAR 1 7.97 3.92 4.05 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 22.14 12.76 9.38 5.48 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 10 -10 0 SINCE MAR 1 41 158 -117 82 SINCE JUL 1 864 1371 -507 1409 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 3 4 3 MONTH TO DATE 37 12 25 21 SINCE MAR 1 192 67 125 108 SINCE JAN 1 278 93 185 147 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 PM LOWEST 74 200 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 38 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2012.........SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT APRIL 6 2012.........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$