577 CDUS44 KLCH 180840 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 339 AM CDT WED APR 18 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 76 451 PM 91 1925 78 -2 78 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 41 1999 59 2 51 1921 AVERAGE 69 69 0 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 10.09 1973 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.88 1.67 1.21 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 10.40 5.20 5.20 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 24.57 14.04 10.53 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 32 -32 13 SINCE MAR 1 41 180 -139 95 SINCE JUL 1 864 1393 -529 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 5 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 137 66 71 96 SINCE MAR 1 292 121 171 183 SINCE JAN 1 378 147 231 222 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 54 500 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1987 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 43 1999 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2012.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT APRIL 19 2012.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$