853 CDUS44 KLCH 170835 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 233 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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 69 246 PM 80 2005 65 4 71 1927 MINIMUM 58 614 AM 25 2007 47 11 50 AVERAGE 64 56 8 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.13 1903 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.89 2.12 2.77 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 15.16 12.67 2.49 8.37 SINCE JAN 1 11.16 7.38 3.78 3.36 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 1 9 -8 4 MONTH TO DATE 128 171 -43 343 SINCE DEC 1 593 919 -326 1142 SINCE JUL 1 765 1114 -349 1326 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 6 7 0 SINCE DEC 1 86 39 47 18 SINCE JAN 1 61 17 44 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 AM LOWEST 73 100 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 79 2000 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 20 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 17 2012......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST FEBRUARY 18 2012......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$