048 CDUS44 KLCH 290842 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 242 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 72 242 PM 83 1932 68 4 80 1918 MINIMUM 59 444 AM 30 1935 49 10 56 AVERAGE 66 59 7 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.65 1965 0.12 -0.12 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 7.90 3.58 4.32 0.72 SINCE DEC 1 18.17 14.13 4.04 8.41 SINCE JAN 1 14.17 8.84 5.33 3.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 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 7 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 186 270 -84 344 SINCE DEC 1 651 1018 -367 1143 SINCE JUL 1 823 1213 -390 1327 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 3 MONTH TO DATE 30 15 15 39 SINCE DEC 1 103 48 55 57 SINCE JAN 1 78 26 52 39 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 90 1200 PM AVERAGE 95 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 84 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 32 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2012......SUNRISE 642 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 641 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$