136 CDUS44 KLCH 042207 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 507 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2017 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 2017... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 75 257 PM 92 1943 82 -7 82 MINIMUM 54 552 AM 42 2013 64 -10 55 AVERAGE 65 73 -8 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.70 1904 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.60 0.63 0.97 2.79 SINCE MAR 1 12.16 7.37 4.79 16.03 SINCE JAN 1 14.21 16.21 -2.00 21.99 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 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 TODAY 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 TODAY 0 8 -8 4 MONTH TO DATE 10 32 -22 23 SINCE MAR 1 392 233 159 348 SINCE JAN 1 586 259 327 379 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 500 AM LOWEST 36 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 91 1952 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 49 2013 1944 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. $$