000 CDUS41 KBOX 040542 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1238 AM EST FRI DEC 4 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 69R 206 PM 65 1932 46 23 46 MINIMUM 50 239 AM 0 1890 32 18 34 AVERAGE 60 39 21 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.73 1.82 1986 0.12 0.61 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.80 0.37 0.43 0.11 SINCE DEC 1 0.80 0.37 0.43 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 40.63 39.17 1.46 47.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1893 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.1 2.4 -2.3 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 26 -21 25 MONTH TO DATE 53 77 -24 60 SINCE DEC 1 53 77 -24 60 SINCE JUL 1 1035 1121 -86 1135 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 591 777 -186 789 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 38 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 37 100 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 70 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 2 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 4 2009......SUNRISE 657 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST DECEMBER 5 2009......SUNRISE 658 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$