000 CDUS41 KBOX 050532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1232 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 4 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 55 150 PM 70 1982 45 10 30 MINIMUM 35 1211 AM 2 1940 32 3 22 AVERAGE 45 39 6 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.15 1968 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.49 -0.38 0.57 SINCE DEC 1 0.11 0.49 -0.38 0.57 SINCE JAN 1 47.48 39.29 8.19 34.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.0 1901 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 1.3 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 1.3 SINCE JUL 1 T 2.5 -2.5 1.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 26 -6 39 MONTH TO DATE 80 103 -23 148 SINCE DEC 1 80 103 -23 148 SINCE JUL 1 1155 1147 8 1065 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 500 AM LOWEST 46 1200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 66 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 4 1926 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 5 2008......SUNRISE 658 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST DECEMBER 6 2008......SUNRISE 659 AM EST SUNSET 411 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$