896 CDUS44 KLCH 051009 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 509 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 86 248 PM 92 1943 82 4 76 MINIMUM 67 553 AM 45 2011 64 3 45 AVERAGE 77 73 4 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.70 1904 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.63 -0.63 0.31 SINCE MAR 1 11.07 7.37 3.70 2.65 SINCE JAN 1 25.24 16.21 9.03 6.05 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 4 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 5 SINCE MAR 1 43 187 -144 100 SINCE JUL 1 866 1400 -534 1427 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 8 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 50 32 18 23 SINCE MAR 1 421 233 188 357 SINCE JAN 1 507 259 248 396 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 91 1952 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 49 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2012...........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT MAY 6 2012...........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$