000 CDUS41 KBOX 180535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 133 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 60 122 PM 89 1947 61 -1 63 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 27 1886 46 0 44 AVERAGE 53 54 -1 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.18 1989 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.48 2.04 -1.56 1.02 SINCE SEP 1 6.93 5.51 1.42 2.83 SINCE JAN 1 41.87 33.07 8.80 30.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1970 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 12 12 0 11 MONTH TO DATE 116 153 -37 109 SINCE SEP 1 194 237 -43 159 SINCE JUL 1 194 249 -55 171 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 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 68 300 AM LOWEST 41 700 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 82 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 31 1939 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 18 2008.......SUNRISE 701 AM EDT SUNSET 557 PM EDT OCTOBER 19 2008.......SUNRISE 702 AM EDT SUNSET 555 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$