600 CDUS44 KLCH 081015 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 514 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 81 354 PM 90 1930 76 5 81 MINIMUM 62 613 AM 36 2009 57 5 64 AVERAGE 72 67 5 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.14 1993 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.69 -0.24 0.04 SINCE MAR 1 7.97 4.22 3.75 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 22.14 13.06 9.08 5.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2007 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 16 -16 12 SINCE MAR 1 41 164 -123 94 SINCE JUL 1 864 1377 -513 1421 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 4 3 8 MONTH TO DATE 58 22 36 29 SINCE MAR 1 213 77 136 116 SINCE JAN 1 299 103 196 155 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 45 100 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 90 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 38 2007 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2012.........SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT APRIL 9 2012.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$