000 CDUS41 KBOX 050557 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1245 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 45 1201 PM 64 1950 37 8 50 MINIMUM 37 936 PM -4 1981 23 14 34 AVERAGE 41 30 11 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.29 1.57 1982 0.12 0.17 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.48 0.01 0.39 SINCE DEC 1 4.15 4.21 -0.06 5.45 SINCE JAN 1 0.49 0.48 0.01 0.39 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.9 1994 0.4 -0.4 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.6 -1.6 0.3 SINCE DEC 1 7.2 8.5 -1.3 21.8 SINCE JUL 1 11.1 10.7 0.4 21.8 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 35 -11 23 MONTH TO DATE 95 138 -43 105 SINCE DEC 1 1021 1070 -49 996 SINCE JUL 1 2041 2114 -73 1960 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 100 AM LOWEST 73 1100 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 62 1993 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -4 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2005.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 426 PM EST JANUARY 6 2005.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 427 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$