000 CDUS41 KBOX 090536 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 134 AM EDT THU OCT 9 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 71 155 PM 88 1879 65 6 59 MINIMUM 46 429 AM 35 1964 49 -3 54 AVERAGE 59 57 2 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1891 0.12 -0.12 0.64 MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.96 -0.49 0.64 SINCE SEP 1 6.92 4.43 2.49 2.45 SINCE JAN 1 41.86 31.99 9.87 29.98 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2001 0.0 0.0 0.0 1988 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 6 9 -3 8 MONTH TO DATE 70 60 10 24 SINCE SEP 1 148 144 4 74 SINCE JUL 1 148 156 -8 86 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 1100 PM LOWEST 22 200 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 82 1942 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 32 1873 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2008.......SUNRISE 651 AM EDT SUNSET 611 PM EDT OCTOBER 10 2008.......SUNRISE 652 AM EDT SUNSET 610 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$