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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 >

JANUARY TOP TENS
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR
 

10 Warmest January's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026

 

1 63.2 1950
2 61.8 1952
3 60.9 1909
4 60.8 2017
5 60.5 1911
6 60.1 2012
7 59.5 2023
8 59.4 1916
9 59.3 1933
10 58.6 1921

 

10 Coolest January's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026

 

1 42.6 1940
2 43.7 1978
3 44.3 1948
4 44.5 1977
5 45.8 1979
6 46.4 1963
7 47.3 1961
8 47.3 1962
9 47.5 1973
10 47.5 1970

 

10 Wettest January's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026
 

1 14.87 1991
2 11.31 2024
3 11.04 1992
4 10.33 2018
5 9.92 1993
6 9.57 1961
7 8.83 1998
8 8.81 1974
9 8.50 1990
10 8.44 1922

 

10 Driest January's
Beaumont/Port Arthur
1901-2026

 

1 Trace 1996
2 0.36 1928
3 0.60 1971
4 0.64 1957
5 0.69 1907
6 0.74 2009
7 0.94 2017
8 0.97 1909
9 1.02 1904
t10 1.19 1942
t10 1.19 1969

 


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