346 CDUS44 KLCH 220904 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 404 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 74 344 PM 91 1987 79 -5 73 MINIMUM 46 357 AM 45 1953 60 -14 55 AVERAGE 60 70 -10 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.36 1945 0.11 -0.11 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 5.17 2.11 3.06 3.55 SINCE MAR 1 6.28 5.64 0.64 11.07 SINCE JAN 1 17.80 14.48 3.32 25.24 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 5 1 4 1 MONTH TO DATE 65 36 29 1 SINCE MAR 1 266 184 82 42 SINCE JUL 1 1238 1397 -159 865 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 61 87 -26 146 SINCE MAR 1 104 142 -38 301 SINCE JAN 1 134 168 -34 387 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 41 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 89 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 43 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2013.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT APRIL 23 2013.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$