000 CDUS41 KBOX 050536 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1231 AM EST SAT JAN 5 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 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 32 324 PM 64 1950 37 -5 53 MINIMUM 8 1211 AM -4 1981 23 -15 39 AVERAGE 20 30 -10 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.57 1982 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.48 -0.30 0.86 SINCE DEC 1 5.43 4.21 1.22 2.75 SINCE JAN 1 0.18 0.48 -0.30 0.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.9 1994 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.6 -1.6 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 27.7 8.5 19.2 0.8 SINCE JUL 1 27.7 10.6 17.1 0.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 45 35 10 19 MONTH TO DATE 173 138 35 90 SINCE DEC 1 1177 1070 107 825 SINCE JUL 1 2094 2114 -20 1700 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 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 63 300 AM LOWEST 36 300 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 63 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -4 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2008.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 425 PM EST JANUARY 6 2008.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 426 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$