006 CDUS44 KLCH 290832 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 332 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 83 137 PM 94 1987 81 2 81 MINIMUM 71 804 PM 47 1980 62 9 56 AVERAGE 77 72 5 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.78 1914 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 2.95 0.60 0.30 SINCE MAR 1 11.07 6.48 4.59 2.34 SINCE JAN 1 25.24 15.32 9.92 5.74 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 12 7 5 4 MONTH TO DATE 189 131 58 233 SINCE MAR 1 344 186 158 320 SINCE JAN 1 430 212 218 359 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 300 AM LOWEST 58 1200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 92 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 46 2008 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2012.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT APRIL 30 2012.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$