000 CDUS41 KBOX 231235 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 835 AM EDT THU OCT 23 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 48 1217 AM 83 1979 60 -12 81 MINIMUM 41 1159 PM 28 1940 44 -3 58 AVERAGE 45 52 -7 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.53 1898 0.12 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.52 2.64 -2.12 1.56 SINCE SEP 1 6.97 6.11 0.86 3.37 SINCE JAN 1 41.91 33.67 8.24 30.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1969 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 20 13 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 205 215 -10 112 SINCE SEP 1 283 299 -16 162 SINCE JUL 1 283 311 -28 174 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 1 7 -6 28 SINCE SEP 1 96 83 13 163 SINCE JAN 1 789 776 13 904 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 13 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 60 1100 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 84 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 29 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2008.......SUNRISE 707 AM EDT SUNSET 549 PM EDT OCTOBER 24 2008.......SUNRISE 708 AM EDT SUNSET 548 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$