263 CDUS44 KLCH 170813 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 313 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 75 306 AM 90 1944 78 -3 82 1925 MINIMUM 62 703 AM 37 1961 59 3 46 AVERAGE 69 69 0 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.70 4.12 1912 0.09 1.61 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.88 1.56 1.32 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 10.40 5.09 5.31 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 24.57 13.93 10.64 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 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 31 -31 13 SINCE MAR 1 41 179 -138 95 SINCE JUL 1 864 1392 -528 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 5 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 133 61 72 96 SINCE MAR 1 288 116 172 183 SINCE JAN 1 374 142 232 222 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 81 300 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 91 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 41 1999 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2012.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT APRIL 18 2012.........SUNRISE 646 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. $$