058 CDUS44 KLCH 090856 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 356 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 91 229 PM 103 1962 93 -2 97 MINIMUM 76 547 AM 69 1990 74 2 77 1975 1971 AVERAGE 84 83 1 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 6.72 1940 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.51 1.35 -0.84 0.09 SINCE JUN 1 15.76 14.39 1.37 13.10 SINCE JAN 1 44.19 35.20 8.99 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 155 144 11 182 SINCE JUN 1 1199 1184 15 1434 SINCE JAN 1 2049 1750 299 2184 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 63 200 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 105 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 60 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2012........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2012........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$