434 CDUS44 KLCH 040955 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 455 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3 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 92 310 PM 102 1902 93 -1 97 MINIMUM 76 557 AM 68 1976 74 2 78 AVERAGE 84 83 1 88 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.95 1955 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.50 -0.50 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 15.25 13.54 1.71 13.01 SINCE JAN 1 43.68 34.35 9.33 19.42 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 19 18 1 23 MONTH TO DATE 59 54 5 69 SINCE JUN 1 1103 1094 9 1321 SINCE JAN 1 1953 1660 293 2071 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 56 100 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 104 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 4 2012........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT AUGUST 5 2012........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$