000 CDUS41 KBOX 210531 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT TUE OCT 21 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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 56 124 PM 79 1969 60 -4 72 MINIMUM 37 622 AM 32 1974 45 -8 58 1972 1900 AVERAGE 47 53 -6 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.11 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 0.48 2.40 -1.92 1.56 SINCE SEP 1 6.93 5.87 1.06 3.37 SINCE JAN 1 41.87 33.43 8.44 30.90 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 18 12 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 172 189 -17 112 SINCE SEP 1 250 273 -23 162 SINCE JUL 1 250 285 -35 174 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 7 -6 23 SINCE SEP 1 96 83 13 158 SINCE JAN 1 789 776 13 899 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 300 AM LOWEST 24 100 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 82 1920 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 30 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 21 2008.......SUNRISE 705 AM EDT SUNSET 552 PM EDT OCTOBER 22 2008.......SUNRISE 706 AM EDT SUNSET 551 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$