000 CDUS41 KBOX 040537 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 133 AM EDT SAT OCT 4 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 64 1249 PM 85 1922 66 -2 70 MINIMUM 48 156 AM 35 1899 51 -3 60 AVERAGE 56 58 -2 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.48 1961 0.12 -0.12 0.00 1885 MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.36 0.11 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.92 3.83 3.09 1.81 SINCE JAN 1 41.86 31.39 10.47 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 9 7 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 20 -2 13 SINCE SEP 1 96 104 -8 63 SINCE JUL 1 96 116 -20 75 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE SEP 1 95 79 16 135 SINCE JAN 1 788 772 16 876 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 13 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 100 AM LOWEST 48 1200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 86 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 34 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2008.......SUNRISE 645 AM EDT SUNSET 620 PM EDT OCTOBER 5 2008.......SUNRISE 646 AM EDT SUNSET 618 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$