1961 - Hurricane Esther made a near complete circle south of Cape Cod. The hurricane then passed over Cape Cod and hit Maine. Its energy was largely spent over the North Atlantic Ocean, however, heavy rains over Maine resulted in widespread local flooding of cellars, low roads, and underpasses.
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Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 98. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers between 7pm and 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 102. South wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 75. Heat index values as high as 98. South wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. West wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 66. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 87. North wind around 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Sun's High Temperature
105 at Rio Grande Village, TX
Mon's Low Temperature
27 at 19 Miles Northeast Of Kirk, OR
Beaumont is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about 85 miles (137 km) east of Houston (city center to city center). With a population of 115,282 at the 2020 census, Beaumont is the largest municipality by population near the Louisiana border. Its metropolitan area was the 10th largest in Texas in 2020, and 130th in the United States.
The city of Beaumont was founded in 1838. The pioneer settlement had an economy based on the development of lumber, farming, and port industries. In 1892, Joseph Eloi Broussard opened the first commercially successful rice mill in Texas, stimulating development of rice farming in the area; he also started an irrigation company (since 1933, established as the Lower Neches Valley Authority) to support rice culture. Rice became an important commodity crop in Texas and is now cultivated in 23 counties.
A big change occurred in 1901 with the Spindletop gusher, which demonstrated that a huge oil field lay underneath and adjacent to the city. With Spindletop, several energy companies developed in Beaumont, and some remain. The area rapidly developed as one of the country's major petrochemical refining areas. Along with Port Arthur and Orange, Beaumont forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the Texas Gulf Coast.
Beaumont is home to Lamar University, a national Carnegie doctoral research university with over 14,000 students, including undergraduates and postgraduates. Over the years, several corporations have been based in this city, including Gulf States Utilities, which had its headquarters in Beaumont until its takeover by Entergy Corporation in 1994. GSU's Edison Plaza headquarters remains the tallest building in Beaumont.
The ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery and Petrochemical Complex is the largest private employer in the city and occupies more than 2,000 acres of the city and port.
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