835 CDUS44 KLCH 010823 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 323 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 31 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 91 1021 AM 108 2000 91 0 97 MINIMUM 74 1053 AM 65 1968 73 1 76 1915 AVERAGE 83 82 1 87 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.42 4.44 2001 0.20 0.22 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.34 5.38 -0.04 1.44 SINCE JUN 1 20.59 18.42 2.17 14.45 SINCE JAN 1 49.02 39.23 9.79 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 18 17 1 22 MONTH TO DATE 571 561 10 710 SINCE JUN 1 1615 1601 14 1962 SINCE JAN 1 2465 2167 298 2712 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 1200 AM LOWEST 68 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 102 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 65 1950 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 1 2012.....SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 2 2012.....SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$