250 CDUS44 KLCH 160831 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 331 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 81 206 PM 91 1944 78 3 85 MINIMUM 74 649 AM 39 1928 59 15 58 AVERAGE 78 68 10 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.89 1967 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.18 1.47 -0.29 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 8.70 5.00 3.70 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 22.87 13.84 9.03 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 30 -30 12 SINCE MAR 1 41 178 -137 94 SINCE JUL 1 864 1391 -527 1421 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 5 8 7 MONTH TO DATE 129 56 73 96 SINCE MAR 1 284 111 173 183 SINCE JAN 1 370 137 233 222 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 300 AM LOWEST 71 900 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 90 1944 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 37 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2012.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 17 2012.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$