000 CDUS44 KLCH 052233 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 432 PM CST THU NOV 5 2009 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 78 302 PM 89 1905 74 4 81 MINIMUM 51 628 AM 32 1950 54 -3 66 AVERAGE 65 64 1 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.61 1963 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.75 -0.75 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 19.79 11.52 8.27 9.93 SINCE JAN 1 51.98 50.64 1.34 42.23 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 18 -8 0 SINCE SEP 1 59 53 6 44 SINCE JUL 1 59 53 6 44 COOLING TODAY 0 3 -3 9 MONTH TO DATE 0 15 -15 11 SINCE SEP 1 614 627 -13 569 SINCE JAN 1 2977 2752 225 2900 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 43 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 87 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 35 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 5 2009......SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 526 PM CST NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 634 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$