000 CDUS41 KBOX 220530 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT THU OCT 22 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 68 117 PM 82 1920 60 8 59 MINIMUM 52 1136 PM 30 1974 45 7 44 AVERAGE 60 52 8 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.78 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.01 1944 MONTH TO DATE 3.35 2.52 0.83 0.49 SINCE SEP 1 6.44 5.99 0.45 6.94 SINCE JAN 1 34.67 33.55 1.12 41.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1964 0.0 0.0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 13 -8 13 MONTH TO DATE 275 202 73 185 SINCE SEP 1 362 286 76 263 SINCE JUL 1 380 298 82 263 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 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 400 PM LOWEST 45 100 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 83 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 28 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2009.......SUNRISE 705 AM EDT SUNSET 551 PM EDT OCTOBER 23 2009.......SUNRISE 707 AM EDT SUNSET 550 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$