857 CDUS44 KLCH 250836 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 334 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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 79 225 PM 90 1905 80 -1 83 1902 MINIMUM 51 503 AM 47 1995 61 -10 74 AVERAGE 65 70 -5 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.48 1905 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 2.46 1.09 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 11.07 5.99 5.08 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 25.24 14.83 10.41 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 2 39 -37 13 SINCE MAR 1 43 187 -144 95 SINCE JUL 1 866 1400 -534 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 14 MONTH TO DATE 148 105 43 191 SINCE MAR 1 303 160 143 278 SINCE JAN 1 389 186 203 317 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 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 96 100 AM LOWEST 46 1000 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 91 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 37 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2012.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT APRIL 26 2012.........SUNRISE 637 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. $$