621 CDUS44 KLCH 241002 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 502 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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 76 424 PM 91 1919 80 -4 83 MINIMUM 52 624 AM 45 1927 61 -9 71 AVERAGE 64 70 -6 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.35 1952 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 2.34 1.21 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 11.07 5.87 5.20 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 25.24 14.71 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 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 38 -36 13 SINCE MAR 1 43 186 -143 95 SINCE JUL 1 866 1399 -533 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 12 MONTH TO DATE 148 99 49 177 SINCE MAR 1 303 154 149 264 SINCE JAN 1 389 180 209 303 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 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 83 1100 PM LOWEST 31 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 90 1905 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 47 1995 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2012.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT APRIL 25 2012.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$