736 CDUS44 KLCH 190831 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 330 AM CDT THU APR 19 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 80 350 PM 90 1987 79 1 84 1925 MINIMUM 54 609 AM 43 1999 60 -6 71 AVERAGE 67 69 -2 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.70 2009 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.88 1.78 1.10 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 10.40 5.31 5.09 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 24.57 14.15 10.42 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 33 -33 13 SINCE MAR 1 41 181 -140 95 SINCE JUL 1 864 1394 -530 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 5 -3 13 MONTH TO DATE 139 71 68 109 SINCE MAR 1 294 126 168 196 SINCE JAN 1 380 152 228 235 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 32 500 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1965 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 44 2008 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2012.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT APRIL 20 2012.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$