948 CDUS44 KLCH 270901 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 301 AM CST THU DEC 27 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 26 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 48 338 PM 78 1987 62 -14 53 1922 MINIMUM 35 808 AM 21 1983 43 -8 41 AVERAGE 42 53 -11 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 8.04 1982 0.18 -0.18 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 5.44 4.39 1.05 3.98 SINCE DEC 1 5.44 4.39 1.05 3.98 SINCE JAN 1 62.80 59.57 3.23 31.00 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 23 13 10 18 MONTH TO DATE 167 291 -124 227 SINCE DEC 1 167 291 -124 227 SINCE JUL 1 360 486 -126 399 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 64 26 38 23 SINCE DEC 1 64 26 38 23 SINCE JAN 1 3199 2881 318 3514 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 300 AM LOWEST 53 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 78 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 29 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 27 2012......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST DECEMBER 28 2012......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$