579 CDUS44 KLCH 081000 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 359 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 77 142 PM 84 1978 65 12 51 MINIMUM 57 445 AM 17 1950 46 11 32 AVERAGE 67 56 11 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.23 1927 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.58 1.12 1.46 0.28 SINCE DEC 1 2.58 1.12 1.46 0.28 SINCE JAN 1 59.94 56.30 3.64 27.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 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 10 -10 23 MONTH TO DATE 4 67 -63 56 SINCE DEC 1 4 67 -63 56 SINCE JUL 1 197 262 -65 228 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 30 7 23 11 SINCE DEC 1 30 7 23 11 SINCE JAN 1 3165 2862 303 3502 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 64 1200 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 82 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 25 1927 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 8 2012......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST DECEMBER 9 2012......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$