700 CDUS44 KLCH 010821 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 218 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 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 79 348 PM 84 1932 68 11 80 MINIMUM 67 644 AM 32 1984 49 18 56 AVERAGE 73 59 14 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.73 1920 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 186 277 -91 344 SINCE DEC 1 651 1025 -374 1143 SINCE JUL 1 823 1220 -397 1327 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 1 7 3 MONTH TO DATE 38 16 22 39 SINCE DEC 1 111 49 62 57 SINCE JAN 1 86 27 59 39 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 67 300 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 84 1918 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 27 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 641 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST MARCH 2 2012.........SUNRISE 640 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. $$