646 CDUS44 KLCH 120838 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 337 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 11 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 81 517 PM 103 1917 92 -11 95 MINIMUM 72 531 AM 69 1972 74 -2 77 1950 AVERAGE 77 83 -6 86 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.52 3.06 1939 0.19 0.33 0.19 MONTH TO DATE 3.21 2.38 0.83 0.19 SINCE JUN 1 7.80 9.47 -1.67 1.96 SINCE JAN 1 36.23 30.28 5.95 8.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 18 -6 21 MONTH TO DATE 170 198 -28 236 SINCE JUN 1 698 682 16 846 SINCE JAN 1 1548 1248 300 1596 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 74 500 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 100 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 67 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 12 2012..........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT JULY 13 2012..........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$