000 CDUS41 KBOX 080550 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 147 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 66 337 PM 90 1963 65 1 69 MINIMUM 44 614 AM 30 1883 49 -5 54 AVERAGE 55 57 -2 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1875 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.84 -0.37 T SINCE SEP 1 6.92 4.31 2.61 1.81 SINCE JAN 1 41.86 31.87 9.99 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 8 2 3 MONTH TO DATE 64 51 13 16 SINCE SEP 1 142 135 7 66 SINCE JUL 1 142 147 -5 78 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 22 SINCE SEP 1 95 83 12 157 SINCE JAN 1 788 776 12 898 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 65 1200 AM LOWEST 26 200 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 88 1879 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 35 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2008.......SUNRISE 649 AM EDT SUNSET 613 PM EDT OCTOBER 9 2008.......SUNRISE 651 AM EDT SUNSET 611 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$