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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 >

AUGUST TOP TENS
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR
 

10 Warmest August's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2025

 

1 89.2 2023
2 87.7 2011
3 86.7 1902
4 86.5 1924
5 86.4 1943
6 86.1 2024
7 86.0 1999
8 85.8 2010
9 85.7 1917
10 85.6 1928

 

10 Coolest August's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2025

 

1 79.3 1971
2 79.5 1920
3 79.6 1973
4 80.2 1972
5 80.6 1961
6 80.7 1992
7 80.8 1967
t8 81.0 1940
t8 81.0 1949
10 81.0 1974

 

10 Wettest August's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2025
 

1 54.74 2017
2 17.26 1966
3 17.21 1915
4 14.48 1960
5 14.35 1983
6 13.81 2001
7 12.86 1955
8 12.60 2002
9 11.66 2008
10 11.25 1985

 

10 Driest August's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2025

 

1 Trace 1999
2 0.09 1902
3 0.10 1927
4 0.36 2023
5 0.54 1924
6 0.87 2000
7 0.96 2013
8 0.98 1968
9 1.07 1951
10 1.10 1929

 


Warmest & Coolest represents temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Temperature ties, if possible, have been broken by going to ten thousandths of a degree
Wettest & Driest represents rainfall in inches