000 CDUS41 KBOX 050549 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 145 AM EDT SUN OCT 5 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 63 336 PM 86 2007 66 -3 86 MINIMUM 46 534 AM 34 1888 50 -4 62 AVERAGE 55 58 -3 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.57 1987 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.48 -0.01 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.92 3.95 2.97 1.81 SINCE JAN 1 41.86 31.51 10.35 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 10 7 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 28 27 1 13 SINCE SEP 1 106 111 -5 63 SINCE JUL 1 106 123 -17 75 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 9 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 9 SINCE SEP 1 95 80 15 144 SINCE JAN 1 788 773 15 885 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 400 AM LOWEST 36 300 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 87 1922 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 28 1881 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2008.......SUNRISE 646 AM EDT SUNSET 618 PM EDT OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 647 AM EDT SUNSET 616 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$