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When the famous Spindletop Gusher blew in January 1901, a new city rose virtually overnight. Today Port Arthur boasts grand mansions erected by early oil barons. Experience life in the oil industry during a city tour, including a reconstruction of the turn-of-the-century Gladys City Oil Boom Town, the grand Pompeiian Villa mansion and the all-encompassing Museum of the Gulf Coast.
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| High | 61 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 64 |
| Low | 43 | 45 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 59 | 50 | 45 |
| Average | 52 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 70 | 61 | 55 |
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| High | 16 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 18 |
| Low | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Average | 11 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
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| Inches | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Centimeters | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
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| Days | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
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| Percent | 88 | 88 | 88 | 90 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 92 | 91 | 89 | 89 |