000 CDUS41 KBOX 020535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1230 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 1 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 40 503 PM 70 1876 38 2 48 MINIMUM 28 703 AM -3 1918 24 4 33 AVERAGE 34 31 3 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.18 1.40 1938 0.12 0.06 0.86 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.12 0.06 0.86 SINCE DEC 1 5.43 3.85 1.58 2.75 SINCE JAN 1 0.18 0.12 0.06 0.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.0 1938 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 27.7 7.3 20.4 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 27.7 9.4 18.3 0.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 34 -3 24 MONTH TO DATE 31 34 -3 24 SINCE DEC 1 1035 966 69 759 SINCE JUL 1 1952 2010 -58 1634 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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 PM LOWEST 66 400 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 66 1890 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -3 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 2 2008.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 423 PM EST JANUARY 3 2008.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 424 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$