472 CDUS44 KLCH 170815 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 315 AM CDT FRI MAR 17 2017 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 2017... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2017 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 72 124 PM 89 1945 72 0 81 MINIMUM 50 1235 AM 32 1962 52 -2 67 AVERAGE 61 62 -1 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.95 1944 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.35 1.84 -0.49 4.11 SINCE MAR 1 1.35 1.84 -0.49 4.11 SINCE JAN 1 3.40 10.68 -7.28 10.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1923 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 4 5 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 54 95 -41 11 SINCE MAR 1 54 95 -41 11 SINCE JUL 1 609 1308 -699 835 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 9 MONTH TO DATE 40 21 19 75 SINCE MAR 1 40 21 19 75 SINCE JAN 1 234 47 187 106 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 300 AM LOWEST 66 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 88 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 25 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2017.........SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT MARCH 18 2017.........SUNRISE 722 AM CDT SUNSET 726 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$