973 CDUS44 KLCH 160834 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 232 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 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 70 151 PM 83 1906 62 8 61 MINIMUM 37 505 AM 25 1968 43 -6 45 AVERAGE 54 52 2 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.97 1955 0.17 -0.17 T MONTH TO DATE 3.39 2.65 0.74 0.56 SINCE DEC 1 7.39 7.94 -0.55 5.57 SINCE JAN 1 3.39 2.65 0.74 0.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1964 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 11 13 -2 12 MONTH TO DATE 130 195 -65 248 SINCE DEC 1 399 550 -151 591 SINCE JUL 1 571 745 -174 775 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 900 AM LOWEST 47 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 78 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 22 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 16 2012.......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 539 PM CST JANUARY 17 2012.......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 540 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$