409 CDUS44 KLCH 210824 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 223 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20 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 71 306 AM 82 1916 63 8 70 MINIMUM 36 1014 PM 22 1909 44 -8 50 AVERAGE 54 53 1 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 2.18 1911 0.18 -0.10 1.69 MONTH TO DATE 5.18 3.33 1.85 2.18 SINCE DEC 1 5.18 3.33 1.85 2.18 SINCE JAN 1 62.54 58.51 4.03 29.20 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 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 11 12 -1 5 MONTH TO DATE 101 215 -114 152 SINCE DEC 1 101 215 -114 152 SINCE JUL 1 294 410 -116 324 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 58 20 38 23 SINCE DEC 1 58 20 38 23 SINCE JAN 1 3193 2875 318 3514 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 26 500 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 80 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 20 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 21 2012......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 521 PM CST DECEMBER 22 2012......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 522 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$