172 CDUS44 KLCH 030832 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 330 AM CDT WED APR 3 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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 75 1055 AM 88 1943 75 0 80 MINIMUM 59 334 AM 39 1962 56 3 64 AVERAGE 67 66 1 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.57R 1.47 2000 0.09 1.48 0.43 MONTH TO DATE 1.57 0.19 1.38 0.43 SINCE MAR 1 2.68 3.72 -1.04 7.95 SINCE JAN 1 14.20 12.56 1.64 22.12 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 0 SINCE MAR 1 201 154 47 41 SINCE JUL 1 1173 1367 -194 864 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 3 -1 7 MONTH TO DATE 5 6 -1 17 SINCE MAR 1 48 61 -13 172 SINCE JAN 1 78 87 -9 258 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 53 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 86 1974 1945 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 32 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 3 2013.........SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT APRIL 4 2013.........SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$