000 CDUS41 KBOX 160615 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 104 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15 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 31 1159 PM 66 1975 42 -11 28 MINIMUM 13 734 AM -2 1874 28 -15 18 AVERAGE 22 35 -13 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.51 1981 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 1.81 -1.06 2.11 SINCE DEC 1 0.75 1.81 -1.06 2.11 SINCE JAN 1 41.55 40.61 0.94 43.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 6.1 1916 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.5 2.6 7.9 T SINCE DEC 1 10.5 2.6 7.9 T SINCE JUL 1 11.6 4.7 6.9 3.9 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 43 30 13 42 MONTH TO DATE 524 417 107 388 SINCE DEC 1 524 417 107 388 SINCE JUL 1 1456 1461 -5 1408 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 894 777 117 632 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 1100 PM LOWEST 31 200 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 64 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 1 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 16 2005......SUNRISE 707 AM EST SUNSET 413 PM EST DECEMBER 17 2005......SUNRISE 708 AM EST SUNSET 413 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$