460 CDUS44 KLCH 220839 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 336 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 73 359 PM 91 1987 79 -6 85 MINIMUM 55 645 AM 45 1953 60 -5 72 AVERAGE 64 70 -6 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 4.36 1945 0.11 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 2.11 1.44 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 11.07 5.64 5.43 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 25.24 14.48 10.76 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 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 36 -35 13 SINCE MAR 1 42 184 -142 95 SINCE JUL 1 865 1397 -532 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 14 MONTH TO DATE 146 87 59 152 SINCE MAR 1 301 142 159 239 SINCE JAN 1 387 168 219 278 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 44 500 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 89 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 43 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2012.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT APRIL 23 2012.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$