000 CDUS41 KBOX 040650 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 139 AM EST WED JAN 4 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2006... 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 39 1025 AM 64 2000 38 1 53 MINIMUM 28 1159 PM -1 1904 23 5 40 AVERAGE 34 30 4 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.26 1.51 1999 0.12 0.14 0.18 MONTH TO DATE 0.42 0.36 0.06 0.20 SINCE DEC 1 3.29 4.09 -0.80 3.86 SINCE JAN 1 0.42 0.36 0.06 0.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 10.6 1996 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 1.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 11.7 8.1 3.6 7.2 SINCE JUL 1 12.8 10.2 2.6 11.1 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 35 -4 18 MONTH TO DATE 100 103 -3 71 SINCE DEC 1 1100 1035 65 997 SINCE JUL 1 2032 2079 -47 2017 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 18 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 21.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. MIXED PRECIP RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 69 900 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 64 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -4 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2006.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 425 PM EST JANUARY 5 2006.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 426 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$