343 CDUS44 KLCH 050829 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 226 AM CST THU JAN 5 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 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 76 333 PM 78 1909 62 14 65 MINIMUM 40 104 AM 17 1911 43 -3 52 AVERAGE 58 52 6 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.57 2007 0.19 -0.19 0.04 MONTH TO DATE T 0.70 -0.70 0.04 SINCE DEC 1 4.00 5.99 -1.99 5.05 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.70 -0.70 0.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM 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 7 13 -6 6 MONTH TO DATE 43 52 -9 57 SINCE DEC 1 312 407 -95 400 SINCE JUL 1 484 602 -118 584 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 800 AM LOWEST 46 100 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 21 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST JANUARY 6 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 531 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$