086 CDUS44 KLCH 300821 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 320 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 90 352 PM 104 2011 91 -1 104 MINIMUM 79 648 AM 62 1952 74 5 74 AVERAGE 85 82 3 89 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.32 1945 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.91 4.98 -0.07 1.44 SINCE JUN 1 20.16 18.02 2.14 14.45 SINCE JAN 1 48.59 38.83 9.76 20.86 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 20 17 3 24 MONTH TO DATE 534 521 13 664 SINCE JUN 1 1578 1561 17 1916 SINCE JAN 1 2428 2127 301 2666 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.5 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 74 400 AM LOWEST 56 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 103 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 58 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2012........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2012........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$