000 CDUS41 KBOX 010535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 132 AM EDT WED OCT 1 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 30 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 64 1224 AM 87 1986 68 -4 63 MINIMUM 59 554 PM 36 1888 52 7 54 AVERAGE 62 60 2 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.26 1899 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.45 3.47 2.98 1.81 SINCE SEP 1 6.45 3.47 2.98 1.81 SINCE JAN 1 41.39 31.03 10.36 29.34 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 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 3 6 -3 6 MONTH TO DATE 78 84 -6 50 SINCE SEP 1 78 84 -6 50 SINCE JUL 1 78 96 -18 62 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 95 76 19 135 SINCE SEP 1 95 76 19 135 SINCE JAN 1 788 769 19 876 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 900 PM LOWEST 73 1200 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 90 1881 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 36 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 1 2008.......SUNRISE 642 AM EDT SUNSET 625 PM EDT OCTOBER 2 2008.......SUNRISE 643 AM EDT SUNSET 623 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$