574 CDUS44 KLCH 180819 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 319 AM CDT WED JUL 18 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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 91 226 PM 103 1980 92 -1 94 1944 MINIMUM 74 448 AM 64 1967 74 0 76 AVERAGE 83 83 0 85 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.35 1952 0.19 -0.17 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 8.74 3.54 5.20 6.02 SINCE JUN 1 13.33 10.63 2.70 7.79 SINCE JAN 1 41.76 31.44 10.32 14.20 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 18 18 0 20 MONTH TO DATE 256 306 -50 358 SINCE JUN 1 784 790 -6 968 SINCE JAN 1 1634 1356 278 1718 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 59 300 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 103 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 69 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 18 2012..........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT JULY 19 2012..........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$