793 CDUS41 KBOX 050532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1229 AM EST MON JAN 5 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 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 38 348 PM 64 1950 37 1 32 MINIMUM 22 829 AM -4 1981 23 -1 8 AVERAGE 30 30 0 20 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.57 1982 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.48 -0.48 0.18 SINCE DEC 1 7.10 4.21 2.89 5.43 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.48 -0.48 0.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.9 1994 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.2 1.6 -1.4 T SINCE DEC 1 25.5 8.5 17.0 27.7 SINCE JUL 1 25.5 10.6 14.9 27.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 35 0 45 MONTH TO DATE 164 138 26 173 SINCE DEC 1 1066 1070 -4 1177 SINCE JUL 1 2141 2114 27 2094 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 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 63 1000 PM LOWEST 41 1200 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 63 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -4 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2009.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 426 PM EST JANUARY 6 2009.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 427 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$