000 CDUS41 KBOX 170530 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT FRI OCT 17 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 70 511 PM 88 1897 62 8 63 MINIMUM 55 1159 PM 30 1883 46 9 47 1876 AVERAGE 63 54 9 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.64 1974 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.48 1.92 -1.44 1.02 SINCE SEP 1 6.93 5.39 1.54 2.83 SINCE JAN 1 41.87 32.95 8.92 30.36 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 2 11 -9 10 MONTH TO DATE 104 141 -37 98 SINCE SEP 1 182 225 -43 148 SINCE JUL 1 182 237 -55 160 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 60 800 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 89 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 27 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2008.......SUNRISE 700 AM EDT SUNSET 558 PM EDT OCTOBER 18 2008.......SUNRISE 701 AM EDT SUNSET 557 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$