950 CDUS44 KLCH 031245 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 745 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2018 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 1216 PM 88 1943 75 7 81 MINIMUM 67 623 AM 39 1962 56 11 66 AVERAGE 75 66 9 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.57 2013 0.09 -0.09 0.17 MONTH TO DATE T 0.19 -0.19 0.17 SINCE MAR 1 1.72 3.72 -2.00 9.03 SINCE JAN 1 15.65 12.56 3.09 11.08 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 3.1 T 3.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 0 SINCE MAR 1 75 154 -79 54 SINCE JUL 1 1190 1367 -177 609 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 3 7 9 MONTH TO DATE 15 6 9 17 SINCE MAR 1 123 61 62 170 SINCE JAN 1 228 87 141 364 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 62 100 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 86 2017 1974 1945 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 32 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 3 2018.........SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT APRIL 4 2018.........SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$