068 CDUS44 KLCH 141443 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 942 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13 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 82 231 PM 88 1943 78 4 80 1919 MINIMUM 68 627 AM 37 1940 58 10 52 AVERAGE 75 68 7 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.70 1906 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.18 1.28 -0.10 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 8.70 4.81 3.89 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 22.87 13.65 9.22 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 28 -28 12 SINCE MAR 1 41 176 -135 94 SINCE JUL 1 864 1389 -525 1421 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 4 6 1 MONTH TO DATE 104 46 58 79 SINCE MAR 1 259 101 158 166 SINCE JAN 1 345 127 218 205 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 87 1943 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 36 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 14 2012.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT APRIL 15 2012.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$