645 CDUS44 KLCH 030917 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 315 AM CST THU JAN 3 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 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 48 1232 AM 86 1917 62 -14 63 MINIMUM 41 1159 PM 17 1928 43 -2 41 AVERAGE 45 52 -7 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 3.07 1944 0.16 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.52 0.33 2.19 T SINCE DEC 1 8.92 5.62 3.30 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 2.52 0.33 2.19 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1979 0.0 MM MM 1919 MONTH TO DATE MM 0.0 MM 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 20 13 7 13 MONTH TO DATE 27 26 1 17 SINCE DEC 1 280 381 -101 286 SINCE JUL 1 473 576 -103 458 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 64 22 42 25 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 82 800 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 15 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2013.......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 529 PM CST JANUARY 4 2013.......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$