418 CDUS44 KLCH 221245 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2016 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 77 1000 AM 91 1987 79 -2 79 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 45 1953 60 1 59 AVERAGE 69 70 -1 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.85 4.36 1945 0.11 0.74 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.31 2.11 5.20 9.05 SINCE MAR 1 12.16 5.64 6.52 17.17 SINCE JAN 1 18.12 14.48 3.64 24.15 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 36 -25 0 SINCE MAR 1 65 184 -119 103 SINCE JUL 1 889 1397 -508 1360 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 6 -2 4 MONTH TO DATE 102 87 15 173 SINCE MAR 1 234 142 92 244 SINCE JAN 1 265 168 97 252 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 79 1000 AM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 89 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 43 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2016.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT APRIL 23 2016.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$