002 CDUS44 KLCH 100824 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 222 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 9 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 69 1200 PM 81 1914 62 7 51 MINIMUM 66 1159 PM 18 2010 43 23 41 AVERAGE 68 52 16 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.69 4.30 1984 0.18 2.51 0.49 MONTH TO DATE 3.37 1.62 1.75 0.56 SINCE DEC 1 7.37 6.91 0.46 5.57 SINCE JAN 1 3.37 1.62 1.75 0.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1962 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 19 MONTH TO DATE 44 117 -73 112 SINCE DEC 1 313 472 -159 455 SINCE JUL 1 485 667 -182 639 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 0 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 0 11 0 SINCE DEC 1 36 22 14 18 SINCE JAN 1 11 0 11 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 87 100 PM AVERAGE 94 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1950 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 16 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 10 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 534 PM CST JANUARY 11 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 535 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$