009 CDUS44 KLCH 220846 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 246 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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 74 418 PM 83 1993 66 8 78 MINIMUM 54 538 AM 29 1978 48 6 63 AVERAGE 64 57 7 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.65 1990 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.88 2.75 5.13 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 18.15 13.30 4.85 8.37 SINCE JAN 1 14.15 8.01 6.14 3.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1964 0.0 0.0 0.0 1963 1953 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 153 216 -63 343 SINCE DEC 1 618 964 -346 1142 SINCE JUL 1 790 1159 -369 1326 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 13 9 4 9 SINCE DEC 1 86 42 44 27 SINCE JAN 1 61 20 41 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 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 100 200 AM LOWEST 57 300 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 82 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 24 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2012......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST FEBRUARY 23 2012......SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 611 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$