016 CDUS44 KLCH 280858 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 258 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2012 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27 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 53 856 PM 78 1971 62 -9 63 MINIMUM 31 506 AM 29 1920 43 -12 34 AVERAGE 42 53 -11 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.25 1982 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.44 4.58 0.86 3.98 SINCE DEC 1 5.44 4.58 0.86 3.98 SINCE JAN 1 62.80 59.76 3.04 31.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1915 0.0 MM 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 16 MONTH TO DATE 190 304 -114 243 SINCE DEC 1 190 304 -114 243 SINCE JUL 1 383 499 -116 415 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 64 27 37 23 SINCE DEC 1 64 27 37 23 SINCE JAN 1 3199 2882 317 3514 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 600 AM LOWEST 66 1100 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 79 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 23 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 28 2012......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST DECEMBER 29 2012......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$