418 CDUS44 KLCH 070841 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 338 AM CDT SUN APR 7 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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 72 316 PM 86 1946 76 -4 81 MINIMUM 49 324 AM 40 1950 57 -8 59 AVERAGE 61 66 -5 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.45 1934 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.43 0.59 1.84 0.45 SINCE MAR 1 3.54 4.12 -0.58 7.97 SINCE JAN 1 15.06 12.96 2.10 22.14 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 4 2 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 31 14 17 0 SINCE MAR 1 232 162 70 41 SINCE JUL 1 1204 1375 -171 864 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 5 MONTH TO DATE 5 18 -13 51 SINCE MAR 1 48 73 -25 206 SINCE JAN 1 78 99 -21 292 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 57 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 90 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 36 2009 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2013.........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT APRIL 8 2013.........SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$