000 CDUS41 KBOX 070542 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1239 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6 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 37 148 PM 72 2001 45 -8 37 MINIMUM 31 804 AM 8 1935 31 0 27 AVERAGE 34 38 -4 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.91 1937 0.12 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.17 0.73 0.44 0.11 SINCE DEC 1 1.17 0.73 0.44 0.11 SINCE JAN 1 41.00 39.53 1.47 47.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.5 11.9 2003 0.2 0.3 0.0 1981 MONTH TO DATE 2.7 0.8 1.9 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 2.7 0.8 1.9 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.8 2.9 -0.1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 27 4 33 MONTH TO DATE 126 157 -31 141 SINCE DEC 1 126 157 -31 141 SINCE JUL 1 1108 1201 -93 1216 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 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 76 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 4 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 7 2009......SUNRISE 700 AM EST SUNSET 411 PM EST DECEMBER 8 2009......SUNRISE 701 AM EST SUNSET 411 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$