323 CDUS44 KLCH 160832 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 329 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 93 201 PM 101 1925 93 0 98 MINIMUM 73 612 AM 61 2004 74 -1 75 AVERAGE 83 83 0 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.79 2002 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.84 2.48 -1.64 0.09 SINCE JUN 1 16.09 15.52 0.57 13.10 SINCE JAN 1 44.52 36.33 8.19 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 18 18 0 22 MONTH TO DATE 295 270 25 342 SINCE JUN 1 1339 1310 29 1594 SINCE JAN 1 2189 1876 313 2344 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 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 52 300 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 103 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2012........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT AUGUST 17 2012........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$