828 CDUS44 KLCH 090831 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 230 AM CST WED JAN 9 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 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 63 1042 PM 79 2012 62 1 79 MINIMUM 52 601 AM 19 1976 43 9 60 AVERAGE 58 52 6 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.25 2.24 1992 0.19 0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.32 1.44 1.88 0.68 SINCE DEC 1 9.72 6.73 2.99 4.68 SINCE JAN 1 3.32 1.44 1.88 0.68 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 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 7 13 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 124 104 20 44 SINCE DEC 1 377 459 -82 313 SINCE JUL 1 570 654 -84 485 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 8 SINCE DEC 1 64 22 42 33 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 8 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 PM LOWEST 66 1200 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 81 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 18 2010 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 9 2013.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 534 PM CST JANUARY 10 2013.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 535 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$