000 CDUS41 KBOX 100549 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1244 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9 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 56 1159 PM 70 1966 44 12 36 MINIMUM 17 1249 AM -8 1902 30 -13 28 AVERAGE 37 37 0 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.29 1956 0.12 -0.07 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.23 1.09 -0.86 0.64 SINCE DEC 1 0.23 1.09 -0.86 0.64 SINCE JAN 1 47.60 39.89 7.71 34.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.6 2005 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.5 1.4 0.1 1.5 SINCE DEC 1 1.5 1.4 0.1 1.5 SINCE JUL 1 1.5 3.5 -2.0 1.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 28 0 33 MONTH TO DATE 248 241 7 321 SINCE DEC 1 248 241 7 321 SINCE JUL 1 1323 1285 38 1238 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 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 900 PM LOWEST 35 600 AM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 64 1907 1897 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 -1 1902 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 10 2008......SUNRISE 703 AM EST SUNSET 411 PM EST DECEMBER 11 2008......SUNRISE 704 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. $$