581 CDUS41 KBOX 030532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1230 AM EST SAT JAN 3 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 34 352 PM 66 1890 38 -4 33 MINIMUM 14 715 AM -3 1899 23 -9 10 AVERAGE 24 30 -6 22 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.24 1987 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.24 -0.24 0.18 SINCE DEC 1 7.10 3.97 3.13 5.43 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.24 -0.24 0.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.0 1904 0.4 -0.4 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 T SINCE DEC 1 25.3 7.7 17.6 27.7 SINCE JUL 1 25.3 9.8 15.5 27.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 34 7 43 MONTH TO DATE 93 68 25 74 SINCE DEC 1 995 1000 -5 1078 SINCE JUL 1 2070 2044 26 1995 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 1100 PM LOWEST 45 1000 AM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 64 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -1 1904 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2009.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 424 PM EST JANUARY 4 2009.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 425 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$