836 CDUS44 KLCH 240848 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 348 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 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 88 155 PM 101 1904 92 -4 99 MINIMUM 75 1146 PM 62 1949 74 1 78 AVERAGE 82 83 -1 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 2.06 1936 0.18 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.22 3.88 -0.66 0.09 SINCE JUN 1 18.47 16.92 1.55 13.10 SINCE JAN 1 46.90 37.73 9.17 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 17 18 -1 24 MONTH TO DATE 430 414 16 528 SINCE JUN 1 1474 1454 20 1780 SINCE JAN 1 2324 2020 304 2530 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 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 94 200 AM LOWEST 63 100 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 103 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 64 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 24 2012........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT AUGUST 25 2012........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$