000 CDUS41 KBOX 040551 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 140 AM EDT WED OCT 4 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 76 414 PM 85 1922 66 10 70 MINIMUM 50 450 AM 35 1899 51 -1 50 AVERAGE 63 58 5 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.48 1961 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.38 0.36 0.02 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 2.10 3.83 -1.73 1.78 SINCE JAN 1 41.08 31.39 9.69 27.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 7 -5 5 MONTH TO DATE 16 20 -4 14 SINCE SEP 1 80 104 -24 46 SINCE JUL 1 91 116 -25 56 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE SEP 1 60 79 -19 126 SINCE JAN 1 799 772 27 881 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 200 AM LOWEST 46 1200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 85 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 34 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2006.......SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 621 PM EDT OCTOBER 5 2006.......SUNRISE 645 AM EDT SUNSET 619 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$