421 CDUS44 KLCH 190900 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 400 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 88 1006 AM 102 1909 92 -4 101 MINIMUM 73 545 PM 66 1992 74 -1 77 AVERAGE 81 83 -2 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.01 5.27 1913 0.18 0.83 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.00 2.99 -0.99 0.09 SINCE JUN 1 17.25 16.03 1.22 13.10 SINCE JAN 1 45.68 36.84 8.84 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 16 18 -2 24 MONTH TO DATE 350 324 26 411 SINCE JUN 1 1394 1364 30 1663 SINCE JAN 1 2244 1930 314 2413 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 100 AM LOWEST 70 1000 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 102 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 69 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 19 2012........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT AUGUST 20 2012........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$