455 CDUS44 KLCH 130821 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 321 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 78 1155 AM 89 1943 77 1 82 MINIMUM 63 156 AM 39 1951 58 5 50 AVERAGE 71 68 3 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.73 5.75 2000 0.10 0.63 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.18 1.18 0.00 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 8.70 4.71 3.99 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 22.87 13.55 9.32 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 26 -26 12 SINCE MAR 1 41 174 -133 94 SINCE JUL 1 864 1387 -523 1421 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 4 2 1 MONTH TO DATE 94 42 52 78 SINCE MAR 1 249 97 152 165 SINCE JAN 1 335 123 212 204 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 69 1200 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 88 1943 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 37 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2012.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 14 2012.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$