456 CDUS44 KLCH 170853 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 349 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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 94 126 PM 103 1925 92 2 99 MINIMUM 77 614 AM 64 1963 74 3 75 AVERAGE 86 83 3 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.99 1934 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.84 2.64 -1.80 0.09 SINCE JUN 1 16.09 15.68 0.41 13.10 SINCE JAN 1 44.52 36.49 8.03 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 21 18 3 22 MONTH TO DATE 316 288 28 364 SINCE JUN 1 1360 1328 32 1616 SINCE JAN 1 2210 1894 316 2366 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 1200 AM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 102 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1992 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 17 2012........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT AUGUST 18 2012........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$