000 CDUS44 KLCH 170824 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 324 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2009 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 78 322 PM 92 1905 81 -3 77 MINIMUM 59 1159 PM 40 1974 59 0 67 AVERAGE 69 70 -1 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.34 2006 0.14 -0.14 1.25 MONTH TO DATE 8.29 2.56 5.73 2.04 SINCE SEP 1 13.18 8.66 4.52 9.74 SINCE JAN 1 45.37 47.78 -2.41 42.04 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 SEP 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 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 5 -4 0 SINCE SEP 1 1 6 -5 0 SINCE JUL 1 1 6 -5 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 6 -2 7 MONTH TO DATE 190 126 64 149 SINCE SEP 1 591 543 48 540 SINCE JAN 1 2954 2668 286 2871 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 95 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 43 2001 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2009.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT OCTOBER 18 2009.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$