629 CDUS44 KLCH 120821 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 320 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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 85 245 PM 88 1934 77 8 86 MINIMUM 60 437 AM 38 1973 58 2 66 1928 AVERAGE 73 67 6 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.04 1957 0.10 -0.10 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 1.08 -0.63 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 7.97 4.61 3.36 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 22.14 13.45 8.69 5.52 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 24 -24 12 SINCE MAR 1 41 172 -131 94 SINCE JUL 1 864 1385 -521 1421 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 4 4 11 MONTH TO DATE 81 38 43 77 SINCE MAR 1 236 93 143 164 SINCE JAN 1 322 119 203 203 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 44 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 89 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 39 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2012.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 13 2012.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$