163 CDUS44 KLCH 300809 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 309 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 84 126 PM 92 1955 81 3 80 MINIMUM 72 610 AM 46 2008 63 9 53 1965 AVERAGE 78 72 6 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.02 1932 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.55 3.08 0.47 0.30 SINCE MAR 1 11.07 6.61 4.46 2.34 SINCE JAN 1 25.24 15.45 9.79 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 13 7 6 2 MONTH TO DATE 202 138 64 235 SINCE MAR 1 357 193 164 322 SINCE JAN 1 443 219 224 361 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 AM LOWEST 65 1100 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 93 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 42 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2012.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT MAY 1 2012...........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$