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Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads

The Plains to the mid-Mississippi Valley continue with warm and dry conditions. Any fires that initiate could spread quickly. The warm temperatures will expand across the Southern Plains into the Southwest where numerous records are expected through the weekend. Meanwhile, a cold front will move southward across the northern Plains and Great Lakes region where some snow will develop this weekend. Read More >

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FEBRUARY NORMALS & EXTREMES
PLUS SUNRISE/SUNSET & CIVIL TWILIGHT TIMES

BEAUMONT / PORT ARTHUR

  TEMP NORMALS WARMEST COOLEST COOLEST WARMEST NORM RECORD NORMS
 DAY MAX MIN MEAN MAX/YR MAX/YR MIN/YR MIN/YR RAIN RAIN/YR HDD CDD
 1 65 45 55 79/2017* 26/1951 14/1951 68/1923 0.14 9.41/1952 10 1
CT STARTS 0641 CST    SUNRISE 0706 CST    SUNSET 1753 CST    CT ENDS 1818 CST
 2 65 45 55 81/2017 30/1951 13/1951 69/1923 0.12 2.16/1959 10 1
CT STARTS 0641 CST    SUNRISE 0706 CST    SUNSET 1754 CST    CT ENDS 1819 CST
 3 65 46 55 83/2025 34/2011 17/1951 68/1932 0.13 2.50/1960 10 1
CT STARTS 0640 CST    SUNRISE 0705 CST    SUNSET 1755 CST    CT ENDS 1820 CST
 4 65 46 56 82/2025 32/1989 21/1996 69/2020 0.13 3.18/1923 10 1
CT STARTS 0640 CST    SUNRISE 0705 CST    SUNSET 1756 CST    CT ENDS 1821 CST
 5 66 46 56 83/2025 35/1989* 22/2011* 67/2019* 0.12 2.20/1955 10 1
CT STARTS 0639 CST    SUNRISE 0704 CST    SUNSET 1756 CST    CT ENDS 1821 CST
 6 66 46 56 84/2025 33/1989 10/1906 70/2019 0.12 1.68/1967 10 1
CT STARTS 0638 CST    SUNRISE 0703 CST    SUNSET 1757 CST    CT ENDS 1822 CST
 7 66 46 56 87/1918 34/1989 25/1975* 68/1937 0.12 1.04/1936 10 1
CT STARTS 0638 CST    SUNRISE 0703 CST    SUNSET 1758 CST    CT ENDS 1823 CST
 8 66 47 56 88/2017 42/1933 18/1933 70/1937 0.12 1.52/1990 10 1
CT STARTS 0637 CST    SUNRISE 0702 CST    SUNSET 1759 CST    CT ENDS 1824 CST
 9 66 47 57 84/2025* 35/1973 18/1933 69/1999 0.11 2.37/1934 9 1
CT STARTS 0636 CST    SUNRISE 0701 CST    SUNSET 1800 CST    CT ENDS 1824 CST
 10 66 47 57 82/1957 39/2011 22/1973 70/2020 0.11 1.96/2018 9 1
CT STARTS 0636 CST    SUNRISE 0700 CST    SUNSET 1801 CST    CT ENDS 1825 CST
 11 67 47 57 81/1916 40/2014* 20/1981 69/2017 0.11 3.30/1959 9 1
CT STARTS 0635 CST    SUNRISE 0700 CST    SUNSET 1801 CST    CT ENDS 1826 CST
 12 67 47 57 85/2017 38/1958 25/1981* 65/1922 0.10 2.88/1997 9 1
CT STARTS 0634 CST    SUNRISE 0659 CST    SUNSET 1802 CST    CT ENDS 1827 CST
 13 67 48 57 82/1918 30/1905 17/1905 67/1923 0.11 1.66/2005 9 1
CT STARTS 0633 CST    SUNRISE 0658 CST    SUNSET 1803 CST    CT ENDS 1828 CST
 14 67 48 57 83/1926 39/2021 28/1963* 67/1949 0.10 1.84/1956 8 1
CT STARTS 0633 CST    SUNRISE 0657 CST    SUNSET 1804 CST    CT ENDS 1828 CST
 15 67 48 58 82/1911 29/2021 16/2021 70/1932 0.11 3.73/1929 8 1
CT STARTS 0632 CST    SUNRISE 0656 CST    SUNSET 1805 CST    CT ENDS 1829 CST
 16 68 48 58 82/2018 32/2021 14/2021 70/1932 0.11 1.13/1903 8 1
CT STARTS 0631 CST    SUNRISE 0655 CST    SUNSET 1805 CST    CT ENDS 1830 CST
 17 68 48 58 81/2022 36/1903 20/1903 68/1938 0.10 1.91/1932 8 1
CT STARTS 0630 CST    SUNRISE 0654 CST    SUNSET 1806 CST    CT ENDS 1831 CST
 18 68 49 58 81/2017* 44/2021* 20/1903 68/2020 0.11 2.67/1963 8 1
CT STARTS 0629 CST    SUNRISE 0653 CST    SUNSET 1807 CST    CT ENDS 1831 CST
 19 68 49 58 85/1917 40/2006 26/2021* 67/2017 0.09 2.18/1903 8 1
CT STARTS 0628 CST    SUNRISE 0653 CST    SUNSET 1808 CST    CT ENDS 1832 CST
 20 68 49 59 82/1919* 45/2025* 29/2025* 69/2018 0.10 1.31/2003 7 1
CT STARTS 0627 CST    SUNRISE 0652 CST    SUNSET 1808 CST    CT ENDS 1833 CST
 21 69 49 59 83/1993 40/1955 29/1978 71/2018 0.10 2.65/1990 7 1
CT STARTS 0626 CST    SUNRISE 0651 CST    SUNSET 1809 CST    CT ENDS 1833 CST
 22 69 49 59 82/2017* 34/1968 24/1978 68/2022 0.10 2.27/2025 7 1
CT STARTS 0625 CST    SUNRISE 0650 CST    SUNSET 1810 CST    CT ENDS 1834 CST
 23 69 50 59 82/2023* 35/1968 29/1968* 69/2023* 0.11 2.97/1985 7 1
CT STARTS 0624 CST    SUNRISE 0649 CST    SUNSET 1811 CST    CT ENDS 1835 CST
 24 69 50 59 90/1906 46/2015 25/1968 71/2018 0.11 1.80/1959 7 1
CT STARTS 0623 CST    SUNRISE 0648 CST    SUNSET 1811 CST    CT ENDS 1836 CST
 25 69 50 60 85/1918 45/1960 25/1965 68/1933* 0.10 2.11/1949 7 1
CT STARTS 0622 CST    SUNRISE 0647 CST    SUNSET 1812 CST    CT ENDS 1836 CST
 26 70 50 60 85/1986 44/2022 27/1960 68/2023* 0.10 2.85/1987 6 1
CT STARTS 0621 CST    SUNRISE 0646 CST    SUNSET 1813 CST    CT ENDS 1837 CST
 27 70 50 60 83/2017* 47/1947 21/2002 69/1944 0.10 3.96/1910 6 1
CT STARTS 0620 CST    SUNRISE 0645 CST    SUNSET 1814 CST    CT ENDS 1838 CST
 28 70 51 60 85/2023 46/1934 30/1935 70/2018* 0.11 3.65/1965 6 2
CT STARTS 0619 CST    SUNRISE 0643 CST    SUNSET 1814 CST    CT ENDS 1838 CST
 29 70 51 60 84/1932 48/1996* 32/1984 67/2012 --- 0.73/1920 6 2
CT STARTS 0618 CST    SUNRISE 0642 CST    SUNSET 1815 CST    CT ENDS 1839 CST
 MON 67.3 47.8 57.5         3.09   235 26

                                                       

OTHER MONTHLY MEANS
# DAYS WITH  MAX >=90F MAX <=32F MIN <=32F MIN <=0F
  0 0 1 0
# DAYS PRECIP >=0.01" >=0.10" >=0.50" >=1.00"
  9 5 2 1

 

Note: Daily sums/averages will not equal monthly sums/averages due to rounding - click here for more info
 

 Normals are for the 30-year period from 1991-2020

Extremes (or records) are for the period of record (1901-2025) 

 

 Bold colored records indicate extreme for the month

Italicized bold colored records indicate most recent of multiple monthly extreme occurrences 

 
* Asterisks indicate records which tied previous records; asterisked value was the last year record occurred
 
 All times are approximate and in Central Standard Time - add one hour during Daylight Saving Time

CT stands for Civil Twilight, essentially times of dawn & dusk - see definitions here 
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