329 CDUS44 KLCH 190829 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 329 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 79 1052 AM 90 1987 79 0 80 1925 MINIMUM 52 1159 PM 43 1999 60 -8 54 AVERAGE 66 69 -3 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.10 4.70 2009 0.11 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.17 1.78 3.39 2.88 SINCE MAR 1 6.28 5.31 0.97 10.40 SINCE JAN 1 17.80 14.15 3.65 24.57 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 41 33 8 0 SINCE MAR 1 242 181 61 41 SINCE JUL 1 1214 1394 -180 864 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 5 -4 2 MONTH TO DATE 61 71 -10 139 SINCE MAR 1 104 126 -22 294 SINCE JAN 1 134 152 -18 380 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 71 1100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1965 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 44 2008 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2013.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT APRIL 20 2013.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$