798 CDUS44 KLCH 200826 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 324 AM CDT FRI APR 20 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 80 251 PM 90 1965 79 1 85 MINIMUM 56 335 AM 44 2008 60 -4 72 AVERAGE 68 69 -1 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.64 1979 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.88 1.89 0.99 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 10.40 5.42 4.98 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 24.57 14.26 10.31 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 34 -34 13 SINCE MAR 1 41 182 -141 95 SINCE JUL 1 864 1395 -531 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 5 -2 14 MONTH TO DATE 142 76 66 123 SINCE MAR 1 297 131 166 210 SINCE JAN 1 383 157 226 249 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 48 100 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 41 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2012.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT APRIL 21 2012.........SUNRISE 642 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. $$