011 CDUS44 KLCH 080825 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 225 AM CST THU JAN 8 2009 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 66 229 PM 79 1906 61 5 76 MINIMUM 37 715 AM 23 1976 43 -6 65 AVERAGE 52 52 0 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.10 1961 0.19 -0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.66 1.33 -0.67 T SINCE DEC 1 3.21 6.58 -3.37 2.45 SINCE JAN 1 0.66 1.33 -0.67 T 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 1.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 1.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 13 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 52 91 -39 87 SINCE DEC 1 370 440 -70 339 SINCE JUL 1 550 656 -106 524 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 14 7 7 12 SINCE DEC 1 50 30 20 65 SINCE JAN 1 14 7 7 12 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 28 100 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 78 1965 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 19 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 8 2009.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 533 PM CST JANUARY 9 2009.......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 534 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$