000 CDUS41 KBOX 060559 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 156 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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 56 408 PM 87 1922 66 -10 82 MINIMUM 45 344 AM 28 1881 50 -5 60 AVERAGE 51 58 -7 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.00 1877 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.60 -0.13 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 6.92 4.07 2.85 1.81 SINCE JAN 1 41.86 31.63 10.23 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 14 8 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 42 35 7 13 SINCE SEP 1 120 119 1 63 SINCE JUL 1 120 131 -11 75 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 15 SINCE SEP 1 95 81 14 150 SINCE JAN 1 788 774 14 891 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 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 89 800 PM LOWEST 59 1200 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 86 1990 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 31 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 647 AM EDT SUNSET 616 PM EDT OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 648 AM EDT SUNSET 615 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$