000 CDUS41 KBOX 180535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1230 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 17 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 48 211 PM 76 1928 51 -3 43 MINIMUM 36 1159 PM 14 1924 38 -2 33 AVERAGE 42 45 -3 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.65 1930 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.87 2.29 -0.42 2.39 SINCE SEP 1 9.73 9.55 0.18 6.28 SINCE JAN 1 44.67 37.11 7.56 33.81 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.4 1968 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 20 3 27 MONTH TO DATE 246 307 -61 341 SINCE SEP 1 680 735 -55 594 SINCE JUL 1 680 747 -67 606 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 96 83 13 166 SINCE JAN 1 789 776 13 907 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 600 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 73 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 14 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 18 2008......SUNRISE 639 AM EST SUNSET 419 PM EST NOVEMBER 19 2008......SUNRISE 640 AM EST SUNSET 419 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$