644 CDUS44 KLCH 060834 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 333 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 70 444 PM 91 1952 82 -12 87 1934 MINIMUM 49R 1159 PM 49 1944 64 -15 67 AVERAGE 60 73 -13 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 8.83 1944 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.63 0.80 -0.17 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 7.76 7.54 0.22 11.07 SINCE JAN 1 19.28 16.38 2.90 25.24 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 5 0 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 0 18 0 SINCE MAR 1 288 187 101 43 SINCE JUL 1 1260 1400 -140 866 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 12 MONTH TO DATE 11 40 -29 62 SINCE MAR 1 162 241 -79 433 SINCE JAN 1 192 267 -75 519 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1100 PM LOWEST 37 200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 90 1914 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 50 1957 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2013...........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT MAY 7 2013...........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$