000 CDUS41 KBOX 170701 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 251 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 57 224 PM 88 1897 62 -5 60 MINIMUM 43 644 AM 30 1883 46 -3 52 AVERAGE 50 54 -4 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.64 1974 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.74 1.92 -0.18 6.47 SINCE SEP 1 3.46 5.39 -1.93 8.25 SINCE JAN 1 42.44 32.95 9.49 34.15 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 15 11 4 9 MONTH TO DATE 126 141 -15 92 SINCE SEP 1 190 225 -35 124 SINCE JUL 1 201 237 -36 134 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 7 -3 13 SINCE SEP 1 64 83 -19 139 SINCE JAN 1 803 776 27 894 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 1100 PM LOWEST 35 1100 AM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 89 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 27 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2006.......SUNRISE 659 AM EDT SUNSET 559 PM EDT OCTOBER 18 2006.......SUNRISE 700 AM EDT SUNSET 558 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$