000 CDUS41 KBOX 030542 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1236 AM EST WED DEC 3 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2 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 48 214 PM 65 1932 46 2 28 MINIMUM 38 1159 PM 4 1876 32 6 18 AVERAGE 43 39 4 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.63 1974 0.12 -0.12 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.25 -0.14 0.04 SINCE DEC 1 0.11 0.25 -0.14 0.04 SINCE JAN 1 47.48 39.05 8.43 34.26 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.0 1929 0.1 -0.1 0.3 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.3 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.3 SINCE JUL 1 T 2.3 -2.3 0.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 26 -4 42 MONTH TO DATE 35 51 -16 79 SINCE DEC 1 35 51 -16 79 SINCE JUL 1 1110 1095 15 996 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 789 777 12 907 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 62 300 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 65 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 0 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 3 2008......SUNRISE 656 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST DECEMBER 4 2008......SUNRISE 657 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$