000 CDUS41 KBOX 240558 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 147 AM EDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 56 316 PM 84 1947 59 -3 49 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 29 1883 44 2 45 AVERAGE 51 52 -1 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.21 2.33 1956 0.12 0.09 0.46 MONTH TO DATE 2.48 2.76 -0.28 7.59 SINCE SEP 1 4.20 6.23 -2.03 9.37 SINCE JAN 1 43.18 33.79 9.39 35.27 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 2003 0.0 MM MM 2002 1969 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 14 13 1 18 MONTH TO DATE 207 228 -21 178 SINCE SEP 1 271 312 -41 210 SINCE JUL 1 282 324 -42 220 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 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 54 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 80 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 30 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2006.......SUNRISE 707 AM EDT SUNSET 549 PM EDT OCTOBER 25 2006.......SUNRISE 709 AM EDT SUNSET 547 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$