199 CDUS44 KLCH 180856 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 355 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 78 441 PM 91 1925 78 0 76 MINIMUM 73 721 AM 41 1999 59 14 61 1921 AVERAGE 76 69 7 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 10.09 1973 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.07 1.67 3.40 2.88 SINCE MAR 1 6.18 5.20 0.98 10.40 SINCE JAN 1 17.70 14.04 3.66 24.57 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 32 9 0 SINCE MAR 1 242 180 62 41 SINCE JUL 1 1214 1393 -179 864 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 5 6 4 MONTH TO DATE 60 66 -6 137 SINCE MAR 1 103 121 -18 292 SINCE JAN 1 133 147 -14 378 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 82 1200 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 90 1987 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 43 1999 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2013.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT APRIL 19 2013.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$