070 CDUS44 KLCH 040830 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 227 AM CST WED JAN 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 56 325 PM 81 1989 62 -6 57 MINIMUM 36 411 AM 15 1911 43 -7 33 AVERAGE 46 52 -6 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1987 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.51 -0.51 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 4.00 5.80 -1.80 5.01 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.51 -0.51 0.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.4 1985 0.0 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 13 6 20 MONTH TO DATE 36 39 -3 51 SINCE DEC 1 305 394 -89 394 SINCE JUL 1 477 589 -112 578 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 25 22 3 18 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1100 PM LOWEST 22 200 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 78 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 17 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2012.......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 529 PM CST JANUARY 5 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$