726 CDUS44 KLCH 080835 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 233 AM CST WED FEB 8 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 7 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 65 346 PM 87 1918 64 1 57 MINIMUM 47 604 AM 25 1975 45 2 33 1906 AVERAGE 56 54 2 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.04 1936 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.88 0.94 1.94 0.42 SINCE DEC 1 13.15 11.49 1.66 8.11 SINCE JAN 1 9.15 6.20 2.95 3.10 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1988 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 9 11 -2 20 MONTH TO DATE 33 79 -46 184 SINCE DEC 1 498 827 -329 983 SINCE JUL 1 670 1022 -352 1167 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 1 12 0 SINCE DEC 1 86 34 52 18 SINCE JAN 1 61 12 49 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 100 AM LOWEST 52 400 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 80 1950 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 18 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 8 2012......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST FEBRUARY 9 2012......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$