173 CDUS44 KLCH 150859 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 258 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 14 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 64 1159 PM 80 1924 64 0 74 MINIMUM 46 1224 AM 22 1901 45 1 59 AVERAGE 55 54 1 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.21 1913 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.99 2.28 1.71 0.28 SINCE DEC 1 3.99 2.28 1.71 0.28 SINCE JAN 1 61.35 57.46 3.89 27.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MM 0.0 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 10 11 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 78 143 -65 127 SINCE DEC 1 78 143 -65 127 SINCE JUL 1 271 338 -67 299 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 42 14 28 13 SINCE DEC 1 42 14 28 13 SINCE JAN 1 3177 2869 308 3504 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 700 PM LOWEST 50 300 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 83 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 15 2012......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST DECEMBER 16 2012......SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 519 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$