225 CDUS44 KLCH 160811 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 311 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 81 1252 PM 91 1944 78 3 81 MINIMUM 62 1201 AM 39 1928 59 3 74 AVERAGE 72 68 4 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.89 1967 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 5.07 1.47 3.60 1.18 SINCE MAR 1 6.18 5.00 1.18 8.70 SINCE JAN 1 17.70 13.84 3.86 22.87 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 41 30 11 0 SINCE MAR 1 242 178 64 41 SINCE JUL 1 1214 1391 -177 864 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 5 2 13 MONTH TO DATE 38 56 -18 129 SINCE MAR 1 81 111 -30 284 SINCE JAN 1 111 137 -26 370 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 69 1100 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 90 1944 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 37 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2013.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 17 2013.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$