000 CDUS41 KBOX 310531 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT FRI OCT 31 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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 46 330 PM 78 1918 57 -11 63 MINIMUM 34 345 AM 28 1928 42 -8 41 AVERAGE 40 50 -10 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.68 1917 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.41 3.66 -2.25 2.08 SINCE SEP 1 7.86 7.13 0.73 3.89 SINCE JAN 1 42.80 34.69 8.11 31.42 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2000 T 0.0 0.0 1975 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 15 10 13 MONTH TO DATE 339 329 10 192 SINCE SEP 1 417 413 4 242 SINCE JUL 1 417 425 -8 254 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 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 100 AM LOWEST 37 100 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 81 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 27 1904 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 31 2008.......SUNRISE 717 AM EDT SUNSET 538 PM EDT NOVEMBER 1 2008......SUNRISE 718 AM EDT SUNSET 537 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$