183 CDUS44 KLCH 070823 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 323 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 6 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 94 108 PM 104 1902 93 1 95 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 69 1994 74 0 78 1974 1972 AVERAGE 84 83 1 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.13 3.26 1983 0.18 -0.05 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.51 1.01 -0.50 0.09 SINCE JUN 1 15.76 14.05 1.71 13.10 SINCE JAN 1 44.19 34.86 9.33 19.51 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 22 MONTH TO DATE 118 108 10 137 SINCE JUN 1 1162 1148 14 1389 SINCE JAN 1 2012 1714 298 2139 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 52 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 101 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 68 2004 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 7 2012........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT AUGUST 8 2012........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$