455 CDUS41 KBOX 180537 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 136 AM EDT MON OCT 18 2010 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 66 236 PM 89 1947 61 5 49 MINIMUM 46 645 AM 27 1886 46 0 36 AVERAGE 56 54 2 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.18 1989 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 3.73 2.04 1.69 2.42 SINCE SEP 1 5.53 5.51 0.02 5.51 SINCE JAN 1 42.92 33.07 9.85 33.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1970 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 12 -3 22 MONTH TO DATE 145 153 -8 214 SINCE SEP 1 173 237 -64 301 SINCE JUL 1 179 249 -70 319 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 7 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 153 83 70 40 SINCE JAN 1 1075 776 299 591 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 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 71 200 AM LOWEST 39 500 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 82 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 31 1939 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 18 2010.......SUNRISE 700 AM EDT SUNSET 558 PM EDT OCTOBER 19 2010.......SUNRISE 702 AM EDT SUNSET 556 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$