650 CDUS44 KLCH 021245 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 1 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 72 1230 AM 88 1927 75 -3 82 MINIMUM 54 1159 PM 39 1987 55 -1 63 1962 1931 AVERAGE 63 65 -2 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.13 1.50 1945 0.10 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.10 0.03 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 4.98 3.63 1.35 8.12 SINCE JAN 1 10.94 12.47 -1.53 15.10 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 T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 3 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 3 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 56 151 -95 103 SINCE JUL 1 880 1364 -484 1360 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 8 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 8 SINCE MAR 1 132 58 74 79 SINCE JAN 1 163 84 79 87 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 55 800 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 88 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 39 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 2 2016.........SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT APRIL 3 2016.........SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$