776 CDUS44 KLCH 200834 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 231 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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 65 405 PM 85 1917 66 -1 77 MINIMUM 49 1159 PM 26 1978 47 2 53 AVERAGE 57 57 0 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.18 1903 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.88 2.51 5.37 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 18.15 13.06 5.09 8.37 SINCE JAN 1 14.15 7.77 6.38 3.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1969 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 8 9 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 143 198 -55 343 SINCE DEC 1 608 946 -338 1142 SINCE JUL 1 780 1141 -361 1326 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 7 6 1 SINCE DEC 1 86 40 46 19 SINCE JAN 1 61 18 43 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 48 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 82 1919 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 32 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 20 2012......SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 608 PM CST FEBRUARY 21 2012......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 609 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$