000 CDUS41 KBOX 070535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1232 AM EST SUN DEC 7 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6 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 37 800 PM 72 2001 45 -8 31 MINIMUM 27 704 AM 8 1935 31 -4 19 AVERAGE 32 38 -6 25 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.91 1937 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.73 -0.62 0.57 SINCE DEC 1 0.11 0.73 -0.62 0.57 SINCE JAN 1 47.48 39.53 7.95 34.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 11.9 2003 0.2 -0.2 0.0 1981 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 1.3 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.8 -0.8 1.3 SINCE JUL 1 T 2.9 -2.9 1.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 27 6 40 MONTH TO DATE 141 157 -16 225 SINCE DEC 1 141 157 -16 225 SINCE JUL 1 1216 1201 15 1142 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 1 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 900 PM LOWEST 38 1000 AM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 76 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 4 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 7 2008......SUNRISE 700 AM EST SUNSET 411 PM EST DECEMBER 8 2008......SUNRISE 701 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. $$