838 CDUS44 KLCH 120934 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 334 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 11 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 70 319 PM 78 1980 62 8 49 MINIMUM 44 710 AM 15 1982 43 1 32 AVERAGE 57 52 5 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.25 1905 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.38 1.96 1.42 0.56 SINCE DEC 1 7.38 7.25 0.13 5.57 SINCE JAN 1 3.38 1.96 1.42 0.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.0 1973 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 8 13 -5 24 MONTH TO DATE 61 143 -82 160 SINCE DEC 1 330 498 -168 503 SINCE JUL 1 502 693 -191 687 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 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 93 1000 PM LOWEST 31 100 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1923 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 14 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 12 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 536 PM CST JANUARY 13 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 537 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$