480 CDUS44 KLCH 060836 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 335 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 87 216 PM 91 1952 82 5 78 1934 MINIMUM 67 540 AM 49 1944 64 3 54 AVERAGE 77 73 4 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 8.83 1944 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.80 -0.80 0.31 SINCE MAR 1 11.07 7.54 3.53 2.65 SINCE JAN 1 25.24 16.38 8.86 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 0 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 1 MONTH TO DATE 62 40 22 24 SINCE MAR 1 433 241 192 358 SINCE JAN 1 519 267 252 397 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 61 1100 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 90 1914 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 50 1957 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2012...........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT MAY 7 2012...........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$