437 CDUS44 KLCH 152239 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 539 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 2013... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 78 907 AM 100 1902 85 -7 79 MINIMUM 64 537 AM 53 1976 67 -3 64 1917 1903 AVERAGE 71 76 -5 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.02 4.10 1970 0.17 -0.15 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 8.97 2.54 6.43 2.53 SINCE MAR 1 16.10 9.28 6.82 13.60 SINCE JAN 1 27.62 18.12 9.50 27.77 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 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 TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 0 20 0 SINCE MAR 1 290 187 103 43 SINCE JUL 1 1262 1400 -138 866 COOLING TODAY 6 11 -5 7 MONTH TO DATE 59 138 -79 162 SINCE MAR 1 210 339 -129 533 SINCE JAN 1 240 365 -125 619 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 69 900 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 95 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1973 1926 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2013...........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT MAY 16 2013...........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$