971 CDUS44 KLCH 150908 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 408 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14 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 1218 PM 87 1943 78 4 82 1905 MINIMUM 72 604 AM 36 1980 59 13 67 AVERAGE 77 68 9 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.80 1908 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.18 1.37 -0.19 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 8.70 4.90 3.80 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 22.87 13.74 9.13 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 29 -29 12 SINCE MAR 1 41 177 -136 94 SINCE JUL 1 864 1390 -526 1421 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 5 7 10 MONTH TO DATE 116 51 65 89 SINCE MAR 1 271 106 165 176 SINCE JAN 1 357 132 225 215 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 800 AM LOWEST 62 1200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 91 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 39 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 15 2012.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 16 2012.........SUNRISE 648 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. $$