803 CDUS44 KLCH 230902 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 402 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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 87 1130 AM 100 1980 92 -5 98 1921 MINIMUM 72 621 AM 62 1956 74 -2 77 AVERAGE 80 83 -3 88 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.69 1.56 1993 0.17 0.52 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.08 3.70 -0.62 0.09 SINCE JUN 1 18.33 16.74 1.59 13.10 SINCE JAN 1 46.76 37.55 9.21 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 15 18 -3 23 MONTH TO DATE 413 396 17 504 SINCE JUN 1 1457 1436 21 1756 SINCE JAN 1 2307 2002 305 2506 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 100 PM LOWEST 65 400 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 101 1904 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 62 1949 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 23 2012........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT AUGUST 24 2012........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$