000 CDUS41 KBOX 040531 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1230 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 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 14 320 PM 64 2000 38 -24 51 MINIMUM 7 901 AM -1 1904 23 -16 35 AVERAGE 11 30 -19 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.51 1999 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.36 -0.18 0.86 SINCE DEC 1 5.43 4.09 1.34 2.75 SINCE JAN 1 0.18 0.36 -0.18 0.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.6 1996 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.2 -1.2 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 27.7 8.1 19.6 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 27.7 10.2 17.5 0.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 54 35 19 22 MONTH TO DATE 128 103 25 71 SINCE DEC 1 1132 1035 97 806 SINCE JUL 1 2049 2079 -30 1681 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 17 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 60 600 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 64 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -4 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2008.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 424 PM EST JANUARY 5 2008.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 425 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$