000 CDUS41 KBOX 050541 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1237 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 54 209 PM 70 1982 45 9 55 MINIMUM 44 1159 PM 2 1940 32 12 35 AVERAGE 49 39 10 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.15 1968 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.80 0.49 0.31 0.11 SINCE DEC 1 0.80 0.49 0.31 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 40.63 39.29 1.34 47.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.0 1901 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.1 2.5 -2.4 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 26 -10 20 MONTH TO DATE 69 103 -34 80 SINCE DEC 1 69 103 -34 80 SINCE JUL 1 1051 1147 -96 1155 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 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 65 400 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 66 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 4 1926 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 5 2009......SUNRISE 658 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST DECEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 659 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. $$