000 CDUS41 KBOX 170558 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 150 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 45 253 PM 88 1897 62 -17 70 MINIMUM 36 725 AM 30 1883 46 -10 55 1876 AVERAGE 41 54 -13 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 2.64 1974 0.12 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 2.42 1.92 0.50 0.48 SINCE SEP 1 5.51 5.39 0.12 6.93 SINCE JAN 1 33.74 32.95 0.79 41.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 11 13 2 MONTH TO DATE 192 141 51 104 SINCE SEP 1 279 225 54 182 SINCE JUL 1 297 237 60 182 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 1 SINCE SEP 1 40 83 -43 96 SINCE JAN 1 591 776 -185 789 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 16 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 57 800 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 89 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 27 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2009.......SUNRISE 659 AM EDT SUNSET 559 PM EDT OCTOBER 18 2009.......SUNRISE 701 AM EDT SUNSET 557 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$