344 CDUS44 KLCH 260856 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 255 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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 74 252 PM 85 1918 67 7 56 MINIMUM 48 1159 PM 25 1965 49 -1 42 AVERAGE 61 58 3 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.56 2.11 1949 0.12 0.44 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.30 3.23 0.07 7.89 SINCE DEC 1 17.92 13.78 4.14 18.16 SINCE JAN 1 11.52 8.49 3.03 14.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MM MM 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 16 MONTH TO DATE 152 248 -96 172 SINCE DEC 1 743 996 -253 637 SINCE JUL 1 936 1191 -255 809 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 13 -6 29 SINCE DEC 1 94 46 48 102 SINCE JAN 1 30 24 6 77 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 25 500 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 85 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 27 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2013......SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST FEBRUARY 27 2013......SUNRISE 644 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$