156 CDUS44 KLCH 181245 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 78 133 PM 91 1925 78 0 83 MINIMUM 70 624 AM 41 1999 59 11 66 1921 AVERAGE 74 69 5 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 10.09 1973 0.11 -0.10 0.90 MONTH TO DATE 1.43 1.67 -0.24 8.54 SINCE MAR 1 6.28 5.20 1.08 16.66 SINCE JAN 1 12.24 14.04 -1.80 23.64 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 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 32 -21 0 SINCE MAR 1 65 180 -115 103 SINCE JUL 1 889 1393 -504 1360 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 5 4 10 MONTH TO DATE 75 66 9 152 SINCE MAR 1 207 121 86 223 SINCE JAN 1 238 147 91 231 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 600 AM LOWEST 76 100 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... 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 2016.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT APRIL 19 2016.........SUNRISE 644 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. $$