424 CDUS44 KLCH 061013 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 513 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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 86 246 PM 89 1982 76 10 70 MINIMUM 62 423 AM 38 1920 56 6 40 AVERAGE 74 66 8 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.12 1992 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.49 -0.04 0.04 SINCE MAR 1 7.97 4.02 3.95 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 22.14 12.86 9.28 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 10 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 10 SINCE MAR 1 41 160 -119 92 SINCE JUL 1 864 1373 -509 1419 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 3 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 46 15 31 21 SINCE MAR 1 201 70 131 108 SINCE JAN 1 287 96 191 147 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 86 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 40 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2012.........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT APRIL 7 2012.........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$