000 CDUS41 KBOX 030600 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 155 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 64 242 PM 88 1954 67 -3 65 MINIMUM 49 1159 PM 34 1899 51 -2 50 AVERAGE 57 59 -2 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 2.81 1984 0.12 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.24 0.23 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.92 3.71 3.21 1.81 SINCE JAN 1 41.86 31.27 10.59 29.34 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1899 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 8 7 1 7 MONTH TO DATE 9 13 -4 13 SINCE SEP 1 87 97 -10 63 SINCE JUL 1 87 109 -22 75 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE SEP 1 95 78 17 135 SINCE JAN 1 788 771 17 876 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 85 1922 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 35 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2008.......SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 621 PM EDT OCTOBER 4 2008.......SUNRISE 645 AM EDT SUNSET 620 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$