867 CDUS44 KLCH 070920 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 320 AM CST THU MAR 7 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 68 327 PM 84 1999 70 -2 75 MINIMUM 40 705 AM 23 1989 50 -10 50 AVERAGE 54 60 -6 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.39 1933 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.72 -0.72 0.72 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.72 -0.72 0.72 SINCE JAN 1 11.52 9.56 1.96 14.89 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 11 6 5 2 MONTH TO DATE 71 41 30 22 SINCE MAR 1 71 41 30 22 SINCE JUL 1 1043 1254 -211 845 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 17 SINCE MAR 1 0 6 -6 17 SINCE JAN 1 30 32 -2 103 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 1000 PM LOWEST 18 400 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 86 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 28 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2013.........SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 619 PM CST MARCH 8 2013.........SUNRISE 634 AM CST SUNSET 620 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$