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Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. Read More >

DECEMBER TOP TENS
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR
 

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

 

1 66.5 2021
2 64.1 1933
3 63.7 1984
4 62.0 1970
5 61.0 2015
6 60.5 2024
7 60.3 1946
8 60.3 1921
9 60.0 1908
10 60.0 1923

 

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

 

1 45.8 1989
2 46.1 1963
3 48.1 2000
4 48.6 1983
5 49.0 1905
6 49.3 2009
7 50.4 1925
t8 50.5 1901
t8 50.5 1976
10 50.6 1930

 

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

1 17.98 1982
2 16.82 1923
3 15.12 1911
4 13.39 1912
5 13.02 2016
6 12.47 1956
7 11.59 1991
8 11.15 1995
9 9.80 1927
10 9.59 1986

 

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

 

1 0.72 1925
2 1.07 2019
3 1.29 2013
4 1.32 1954
5 1.42 2021
6 1.67 1917
7 1.70 1948
t8 1.94 1907
t8 1.94 1993
10 1.99 2000

 


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