759 CDUS44 KLCH 230857 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 257 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 81 256 PM 82 1980 67 14 77 MINIMUM 63 1242 AM 24 1978 48 15 64 AVERAGE 72 57 15 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.03 1918 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.88 2.87 5.01 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 18.15 13.42 4.73 8.37 SINCE JAN 1 14.15 8.13 6.02 3.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1963 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 0 8 -8 0 MONTH TO DATE 153 224 -71 343 SINCE DEC 1 618 972 -354 1142 SINCE JUL 1 790 1167 -377 1326 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 1 6 6 MONTH TO DATE 20 10 10 15 SINCE DEC 1 93 43 50 33 SINCE JAN 1 68 21 47 15 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 62 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 82 1977 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1968 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2012......SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 611 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2012......SUNRISE 648 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. $$