863 CDUS44 KLCH 120808 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 306 AM CDT FRI APR 12 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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 68 501 PM 88 1934 77 -9 85 MINIMUM 46 929 AM 38 1973 58 -12 60 1928 AVERAGE 57 67 -10 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.53 2.04 1957 0.10 1.43 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.07 1.08 3.99 0.45 SINCE MAR 1 6.18 4.61 1.57 7.97 SINCE JAN 1 17.70 13.45 4.25 22.14 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MM 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 8 2 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 39 24 15 0 SINCE MAR 1 240 172 68 41 SINCE JUL 1 1212 1385 -173 864 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 8 MONTH TO DATE 26 38 -12 88 SINCE MAR 1 69 93 -24 243 SINCE JAN 1 99 119 -20 329 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 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 1200 AM LOWEST 48 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 89 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 39 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2013.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 13 2013.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$