786 CDUS44 KLCH 260842 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 341 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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 82 127 PM 91 1932 80 2 84 MINIMUM 61 1216 AM 37 1910 62 -1 74 AVERAGE 72 71 1 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.35 1997 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 3.55 2.58 0.97 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 11.07 6.11 4.96 2.12 SINCE JAN 1 25.24 14.95 10.29 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 39 -37 13 SINCE MAR 1 43 187 -144 95 SINCE JUL 1 866 1400 -534 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 6 1 14 MONTH TO DATE 155 111 44 205 SINCE MAR 1 310 166 144 292 SINCE JAN 1 396 192 204 331 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 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 93 200 AM LOWEST 58 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 93 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 47 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 26 2012.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT APRIL 27 2012.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$