051 CDUS44 KLCH 041620 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 1120 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2017 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 80 1155 AM 93 1984 82 -2 79 1943 MINIMUM 63 1159 PM 46 2013 64 -1 61 AVERAGE 72 73 -1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.60 2.85 1990 0.16 1.44 T MONTH TO DATE 1.60 0.47 1.13 2.79 SINCE MAR 1 12.16 7.21 4.95 16.03 SINCE JAN 1 14.21 16.05 -1.84 21.99 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 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 59 187 -128 65 SINCE JUL 1 614 1400 -786 889 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 8 -1 5 MONTH TO DATE 10 24 -14 19 SINCE MAR 1 392 225 167 344 SINCE JAN 1 586 251 335 375 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 79 1200 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... 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 2017...........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT MAY 5 2017...........SUNRISE 630 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. $$