362 CDUS44 KLCH 230934 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 332 AM CST SAT FEB 23 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 66 1232 PM 82 1980 67 -1 81 MINIMUM 55 1159 PM 24 1978 48 7 63 AVERAGE 61 57 4 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.03 1918 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.66 2.87 -0.21 7.88 SINCE DEC 1 17.28 13.42 3.86 18.15 SINCE JAN 1 10.88 8.13 2.75 14.15 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1963 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 4 8 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 135 224 -89 153 SINCE DEC 1 726 972 -246 618 SINCE JUL 1 919 1167 -248 790 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 7 MONTH TO DATE 7 10 -3 20 SINCE DEC 1 94 43 51 93 SINCE JAN 1 30 21 9 68 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 48 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 82 1977 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1968 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2013......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 611 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2013......SUNRISE 647 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$