000 CDUS41 KBOX 030539 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1232 AM EST THU JAN 3 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 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 33 1005 AM 66 1890 38 -5 45 MINIMUM 10 1159 PM -3 1899 23 -13 35 AVERAGE 22 30 -8 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.24 1987 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.24 -0.06 0.86 SINCE DEC 1 5.43 3.97 1.46 2.75 SINCE JAN 1 0.18 0.24 -0.06 0.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.0 1904 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 27.7 7.7 20.0 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 27.7 9.8 17.9 0.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 43 34 9 25 MONTH TO DATE 74 68 6 49 SINCE DEC 1 1078 1000 78 784 SINCE JUL 1 1995 2044 -49 1659 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 49 700 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 64 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -1 1904 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2008.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 424 PM EST JANUARY 4 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. $$