094 CDUS44 KLCH 100829 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 328 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 9 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 85 312 PM 93 1978 83 2 89 MINIMUM 68 545 AM 47 1917 65 3 74 AVERAGE 77 74 3 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.64 1907 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.46 1.51 -1.05 0.31 SINCE MAR 1 11.53 8.25 3.28 2.65 SINCE JAN 1 25.70 17.09 8.61 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 9 3 17 MONTH TO DATE 111 76 35 66 SINCE MAR 1 482 277 205 400 SINCE JAN 1 568 303 265 439 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 49 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 10 2012...........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT MAY 11 2012...........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$