978 CDUS44 KLCH 082220 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 520 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 2012... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 83 329 PM 90 1946 77 6 83 MINIMUM 61 604 AM 38 2007 57 4 71 1938 AVERAGE 72 67 5 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.33 1921 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.79 -0.34 0.04 SINCE MAR 1 7.97 4.32 3.65 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 22.14 13.16 8.98 5.48 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 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 TODAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 18 -18 12 SINCE MAR 1 41 166 -125 94 SINCE JUL 1 864 1379 -515 1421 COOLING TODAY 7 4 3 12 MONTH TO DATE 65 26 39 41 SINCE MAR 1 220 81 139 128 SINCE JAN 1 306 107 199 167 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 43 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 91 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 36 1916 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. $$