536 CDUS44 KLCH 041245 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 79 331 PM 93 1984 82 -3 84 1943 MINIMUM 61 609 AM 46 2013 64 -3 59 AVERAGE 70 73 -3 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.85 1990 0.16 -0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 2.79 0.47 2.32 T SINCE MAR 1 16.03 7.21 8.82 19.23 SINCE JAN 1 21.99 16.05 5.94 26.21 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 65 187 -122 105 SINCE JUL 1 889 1400 -511 1362 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 8 -3 7 MONTH TO DATE 19 24 -5 21 SINCE MAR 1 344 225 119 332 SINCE JAN 1 375 251 124 340 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 48 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 92 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 42 2013 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2016...........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT MAY 5 2016...........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$