000 CDUS41 KBOX 170723 CCA CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 215 AM EST SAT DEC 17 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16 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 48 325 PM 64 1971 41 7 42 MINIMUM 30 1238 AM 1 1883 28 2 20 AVERAGE 39 35 4 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.84 1.81 1960 0.12 0.72 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.59 1.93 -0.34 2.11 SINCE DEC 1 1.59 1.93 -0.34 2.11 SINCE JAN 1 42.39 40.73 1.66 43.05 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 30 -4 34 MONTH TO DATE 550 447 103 422 SINCE DEC 1 550 447 103 422 SINCE JUL 1 1482 1491 -9 1422 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) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 43 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 PM LOWEST 64 300 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 64 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -4 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET 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. $$