000 CDUS41 KBOX 240532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 131 AM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 57 1203 AM 84 1947 59 -2 48 MINIMUM 40 632 AM 29 1883 44 -4 35 AVERAGE 49 52 -3 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.33 1956 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.35 2.76 0.59 0.52 SINCE SEP 1 6.44 6.23 0.21 6.97 SINCE JAN 1 34.67 33.79 0.88 41.91 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2003 0.0 0.0 0.0 2002 1969 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 16 13 3 23 MONTH TO DATE 298 228 70 228 SINCE SEP 1 385 312 73 306 SINCE JUL 1 403 324 79 306 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 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 900 PM LOWEST 54 100 AM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 80 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 30 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2009.......SUNRISE 708 AM EDT SUNSET 548 PM EDT OCTOBER 25 2009.......SUNRISE 709 AM EDT SUNSET 547 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$