000 CDUS41 KBOX 040535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1229 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 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 34 312 PM 64 2000 38 -4 14 MINIMUM 24 1159 PM -1 1904 23 1 7 AVERAGE 29 30 -1 11 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.51 1999 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.36 -0.36 0.18 SINCE DEC 1 7.10 4.09 3.01 5.43 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.36 -0.36 0.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.2 10.6 1996 0.4 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.2 1.2 -1.0 T SINCE DEC 1 25.5 8.1 17.4 27.7 SINCE JUL 1 25.5 10.2 15.3 27.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 35 1 54 MONTH TO DATE 129 103 26 128 SINCE DEC 1 1031 1035 -4 1132 SINCE JUL 1 2106 2079 27 2049 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 16 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 500 AM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 64 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -4 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2009.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 425 PM EST JANUARY 5 2009.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 426 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$