777 CDUS44 KLCH 240822 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 321 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 87 148 PM 97 1905 86 1 89 MINIMUM 71 605 AM 51 2001 69 2 75 AVERAGE 79 78 1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.29 1907 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.62 3.85 -1.23 0.67 SINCE MAR 1 13.69 10.59 3.10 3.01 SINCE JAN 1 27.86 19.43 8.43 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 14 13 1 17 MONTH TO DATE 268 232 36 233 SINCE MAR 1 639 433 206 567 SINCE JAN 1 725 459 266 606 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 98 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 55 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2012...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT MAY 25 2012...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$