878 CDUS44 KLCH 210941 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 441 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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 89 327 PM 95 1905 86 3 89 MINIMUM 66 518 AM 54 1981 68 -2 78 AVERAGE 78 77 1 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 7.66 1983 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.54 3.36 -0.82 0.67 SINCE MAR 1 13.61 10.10 3.51 3.01 SINCE JAN 1 27.78 18.94 8.84 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 13 12 1 19 MONTH TO DATE 221 195 26 182 SINCE MAR 1 592 396 196 516 SINCE JAN 1 678 422 256 555 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 41 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 97 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 55 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 21 2012...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT MAY 22 2012...........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$