499 CDUS44 KLCH 080853 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 353 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 77 226 PM 90 1930 76 1 81 MINIMUM 63 612 AM 36 2009 57 6 62 AVERAGE 70 67 3 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.14 1993 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.43 0.69 1.74 0.45 SINCE MAR 1 3.54 4.22 -0.68 7.97 SINCE JAN 1 15.06 13.06 2.00 22.14 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2007 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 31 16 15 0 SINCE MAR 1 232 164 68 41 SINCE JUL 1 1204 1377 -173 864 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 4 1 7 MONTH TO DATE 10 22 -12 58 SINCE MAR 1 53 77 -24 213 SINCE JAN 1 83 103 -20 299 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 700 PM LOWEST 60 1100 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 90 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 38 2007 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2013.........SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT APRIL 9 2013.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$