670 CDUS44 KLCH 040914 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 312 AM CST FRI JAN 4 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 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 55 326 PM 81 1989 62 -7 56 MINIMUM 38 820 AM 15 1911 43 -5 36 AVERAGE 47 52 -5 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1987 0.18 -0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.52 0.51 2.01 T SINCE DEC 1 8.92 5.80 3.12 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 2.52 0.51 2.01 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.4 1985 0.0 MM MM 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 18 13 5 19 MONTH TO DATE 45 39 6 36 SINCE DEC 1 298 394 -96 305 SINCE JUL 1 491 589 -98 477 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 800 AM LOWEST 44 500 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 78 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 17 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2013.......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 530 PM CST JANUARY 5 2013.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 531 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$