793 CDUS44 KLCH 071504 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 904 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 6 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 75 325 PM 81 1982 62 13 68 MINIMUM 56 1159 PM 21 1972 43 13 40 AVERAGE 66 52 14 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.71 1910 0.19 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 1.07 -1.05 0.07 SINCE DEC 1 4.02 6.36 -2.34 5.08 SINCE JAN 1 0.02 1.07 -1.05 0.07 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 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 0 13 -13 11 MONTH TO DATE 44 78 -34 70 SINCE DEC 1 313 433 -120 413 SINCE JUL 1 485 628 -143 597 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 0 1 0 SINCE DEC 1 26 22 4 18 SINCE JAN 1 1 0 1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 57 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 17 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 7 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 532 PM CST JANUARY 8 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 533 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$