968 CDUS44 KLCH 051008 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 507 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 86 100 PM 95 1905 84 2 83 MINIMUM 61 427 AM 46 1975 64 -3 53 AVERAGE 74 74 0 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.78 1906 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.73 -0.72 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.77 6.70 0.07 4.04 SINCE JAN 1 55.79 45.93 9.86 24.90 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 SEP 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 SEP 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 9 0 3 MONTH TO DATE 26 38 -12 14 SINCE SEP 1 435 457 -22 461 SINCE JAN 1 2900 2624 276 3173 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 48 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 95 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 1987 1979 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2012.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 656 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2012.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 655 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$