308 CDUS44 KLCH 100820 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 319 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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 82 235 PM 91 1947 77 5 85 MINIMUM 63 603 AM 36 1916 57 6 69 AVERAGE 73 67 6 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.98 1968 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.88 -0.43 0.04 SINCE MAR 1 7.97 4.41 3.56 2.08 SINCE JAN 1 22.14 13.25 8.89 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 20 -20 12 SINCE MAR 1 41 168 -127 94 SINCE JUL 1 864 1381 -517 1421 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 4 4 12 MONTH TO DATE 66 30 36 53 SINCE MAR 1 221 85 136 140 SINCE JAN 1 307 111 196 179 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 51 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 91 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 37 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2012.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT APRIL 11 2012.........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$