000 CDUS41 KBOX 060532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1231 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 5 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 42 1232 AM 66 2001 45 -3 32 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM 4 1926 31 0 24 AVERAGE 37 38 -1 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.76 1993 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.61 -0.50 0.57 SINCE DEC 1 0.11 0.61 -0.50 0.57 SINCE JAN 1 47.48 39.41 8.07 34.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.0 1926 0.2 -0.2 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 1.3 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 1.3 SINCE JUL 1 T 2.7 -2.7 1.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 27 1 37 MONTH TO DATE 108 130 -22 185 SINCE DEC 1 108 130 -22 185 SINCE JUL 1 1183 1174 9 1102 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 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 56 600 AM LOWEST 35 500 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 72 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 8 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 6 2008......SUNRISE 659 AM EST SUNSET 411 PM EST DECEMBER 7 2008......SUNRISE 700 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. $$