000 CDUS41 KBOX 120546 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1239 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11 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 40 1225 AM 68 1911 43 -3 37 MINIMUM 36 658 PM -2 1876 29 7 27 AVERAGE 38 36 2 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.15 1.52 1936 0.12 1.03 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 1.78 1.33 0.45 0.76 SINCE DEC 1 1.78 1.33 0.45 0.76 SINCE JAN 1 49.15 40.13 9.02 34.98 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.7 1986 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.5 1.8 -0.3 1.5 SINCE DEC 1 1.5 1.8 -0.3 1.5 SINCE JUL 1 1.5 3.9 -2.4 1.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 29 -2 33 MONTH TO DATE 288 299 -11 388 SINCE DEC 1 288 299 -11 388 SINCE JUL 1 1363 1343 20 1305 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 NE (30) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 PM LOWEST 85 700 AM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 68 1979 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 2 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2008......SUNRISE 704 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST DECEMBER 13 2008......SUNRISE 705 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. $$