261 CDUS44 KLCH 140837 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 335 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 13 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 81 504 PM 93 2011 84 -3 93 1916 MINIMUM 65 1152 PM 50 1960 66 -1 65 AVERAGE 73 75 -2 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.29 1966 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.52 2.20 0.32 0.67 SINCE MAR 1 13.59 8.94 4.65 3.01 SINCE JAN 1 27.76 17.78 9.98 6.41 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 8 10 -2 14 MONTH TO DATE 146 116 30 123 SINCE MAR 1 517 317 200 457 SINCE JAN 1 603 343 260 496 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 95 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 53 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 14 2012...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT MAY 15 2012...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$