000 CDUS41 KBOX 290531 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT WED OCT 29 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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 54 153 PM 81 1927 58 -4 61 1919 MINIMUM 40 1159 PM 28 1936 43 -3 42 AVERAGE 47 50 -3 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.40 2.02 2006 0.13 0.27 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.41 3.40 -1.99 2.08 SINCE SEP 1 7.86 6.87 0.99 3.89 SINCE JAN 1 42.80 34.43 8.37 31.42 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1909 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 18 15 3 13 MONTH TO DATE 290 299 -9 158 SINCE SEP 1 368 383 -15 208 SINCE JUL 1 368 395 -27 220 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 7 -6 31 SINCE SEP 1 96 83 13 166 SINCE JAN 1 789 776 13 907 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 64 300 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 79 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 26 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 29 2008.......SUNRISE 714 AM EDT SUNSET 541 PM EDT OCTOBER 30 2008.......SUNRISE 715 AM EDT SUNSET 539 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$