000 CDUS41 KBOX 160534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 134 AM EDT THU OCT 16 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 63 959 AM 86 1897 62 1 63 MINIMUM 53 1033 PM 31 1876 47 6 44 AVERAGE 58 54 4 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.23 1930 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.48 1.80 -1.32 1.02 SINCE SEP 1 6.93 5.27 1.66 2.83 SINCE JAN 1 41.87 32.83 9.04 30.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1972 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 7 11 -4 11 MONTH TO DATE 102 130 -28 88 SINCE SEP 1 180 214 -34 138 SINCE JUL 1 180 226 -46 150 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 7 -6 22 SINCE SEP 1 96 83 13 157 SINCE JAN 1 789 776 13 898 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 PM LOWEST 56 1000 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 88 1897 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 30 1883 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2008.......SUNRISE 659 AM EDT SUNSET 600 PM EDT OCTOBER 17 2008.......SUNRISE 700 AM EDT SUNSET 558 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$