431 CDUS44 KLCH 210858 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 353 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 1144 AM 92 1987 79 1 86 MINIMUM 58 1159 PM 41 1953 60 -2 73 AVERAGE 69 70 -1 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.66 3.85 1977 0.11 0.55 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.54 2.00 1.54 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 11.06 5.53 5.53 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 25.23 14.37 10.86 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 35 -35 13 SINCE MAR 1 41 183 -142 95 SINCE JUL 1 864 1396 -532 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 5 -1 15 MONTH TO DATE 146 81 65 138 SINCE MAR 1 301 136 165 225 SINCE JAN 1 387 162 225 264 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 PM LOWEST 54 1100 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 91 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 45 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2012.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT APRIL 22 2012.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$