847 CDUS44 KLCH 230900 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 400 AM CDT TUE APR 23 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 78 241 PM 89 2006 79 -1 83 MINIMUM 53 558 AM 43 1931 61 -8 50 AVERAGE 66 70 -4 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.11 1974 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.17 2.23 2.94 3.55 SINCE MAR 1 6.28 5.76 0.52 11.07 SINCE JAN 1 17.80 14.60 3.20 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 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 65 37 28 1 SINCE MAR 1 266 185 81 42 SINCE JUL 1 1238 1398 -160 865 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 6 -5 2 MONTH TO DATE 62 93 -31 148 SINCE MAR 1 105 148 -43 303 SINCE JAN 1 135 174 -39 389 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 91 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 45 1927 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2013.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT APRIL 24 2013.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$