000 CDUS41 KBOX 221235 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 835 AM EDT WED OCT 22 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 59 245 PM 82 1920 60 -1 75 MINIMUM 44 604 AM 30 1974 45 -1 55 AVERAGE 52 52 0 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.78 1996 0.12 -0.11 0.00 1944 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 2.52 -2.03 1.56 SINCE SEP 1 6.94 5.99 0.95 3.37 SINCE JAN 1 41.88 33.55 8.33 30.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1964 0.0 MM 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 13 13 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 185 202 -17 112 SINCE SEP 1 263 286 -23 162 SINCE JUL 1 263 298 -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 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 1000 PM LOWEST 41 1200 AM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 83 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 28 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2008.......SUNRISE 706 AM EDT SUNSET 551 PM EDT OCTOBER 23 2008.......SUNRISE 707 AM EDT SUNSET 549 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$