SATCLMBPT 000 TTAA00 KLCH 050026 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 626 PM CST FRI JAN 4 2019 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 108 08/31/2000 07/14/1902 LOW 10 02/06/1906 HIGHEST 99 07/26 08/21 LOWEST 19 01/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 79.9 78.3 1.6 AVG. MINIMUM 61.5 59.6 1.9 MEAN 70.7 1.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 119 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 11 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 104.30 2017 MINIMUM 28.90 1917 TOTALS 88.75 60.47 28.28 DAYS >= .01 131 DAYS >= .10 84 DAYS >= .50 45 DAYS >= 1.00 31 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 6.68 01/27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 1.8 TOTALS 0.1 T DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1234 1402 -168 SINCE 7/1 478 COOLING TOTAL 3416 2877 539 SINCE 1/1 3416 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/03/1987 EARLIEST 11/15 LATEST 01/18 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 63/150 DATE 05/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 65/150 DATE 05/26 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$