259 CDUS44 KLCH 080821 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 321 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 71 355 PM 94 1922 83 -12 87 1909 MINIMUM 52 624 AM 45 1964 63 -11 71 AVERAGE 62 73 -11 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 1949 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 1.27 -1.26 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.77 7.24 -0.47 4.04 SINCE JAN 1 55.79 46.47 9.32 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 3 0 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 0 3 0 SINCE SEP 1 3 1 2 0 SINCE JUL 1 3 1 2 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 14 MONTH TO DATE 43 64 -21 47 SINCE SEP 1 452 483 -31 494 SINCE JAN 1 2917 2650 267 3206 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 100 AM LOWEST 57 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 1962 1931 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 38 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2012.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 653 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2012.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 651 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$