000 CDUS41 KBOX 020612 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 206 AM EDT THU OCT 2 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 68 319 PM 90 1881 67 1 65 MINIMUM 60 609 AM 36 1992 51 9 52 AVERAGE 64 59 5 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.40 1.63 1936 0.12 0.28 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 0.12 0.28 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.85 3.59 3.26 1.81 SINCE JAN 1 41.79 31.15 10.64 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 1 6 -5 6 MONTH TO DATE 1 6 -5 6 SINCE SEP 1 79 90 -11 56 SINCE JUL 1 79 102 -23 68 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 95 77 18 135 SINCE JAN 1 788 770 18 876 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 81 300 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 88 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 34 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 2 2008.......SUNRISE 643 AM EDT SUNSET 623 PM EDT OCTOBER 3 2008.......SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 621 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$