949 CDUS44 KLCH 210826 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 225 AM CST MON JAN 21 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 69 245 PM 81 1952 62 7 78 MINIMUM 40 730 AM 23 1985 43 -3 66 AVERAGE 55 53 2 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.57 1972 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.10 3.51 4.59 3.51 SINCE DEC 1 14.50 8.80 5.70 7.51 SINCE JAN 1 8.10 3.51 4.59 3.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1978 0.0 MM 0.0 1963 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 13 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 280 260 20 147 SINCE DEC 1 533 615 -82 416 SINCE JUL 1 726 810 -84 588 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 7 0 7 24 SINCE DEC 1 71 22 49 49 SINCE JAN 1 7 0 7 24 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 48 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 18 1985 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 21 2013.......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 544 PM CST JANUARY 22 2013.......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 545 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$