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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
139 AM EDT THU OCT 21 2010


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...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         62   1219 PM  79    1969  60      2       65
  MINIMUM         45    251 AM  32    1974  45      0       37
                                      1972
                                      1900
  AVERAGE         54                        53      1       51

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          6.11 1996   0.12  -0.12     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.73                      2.40   1.33     3.35
  SINCE SEP 1      5.53                      5.87  -0.34     6.44
  SINCE JAN 1     42.92                     33.43   9.49    34.67

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2009   0.0    0.0      0.0
                                      2008
                                      2007
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.1
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.1
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.1
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       11                        12     -1       14
  MONTH TO DATE  181                       189     -8      270
  SINCE SEP 1    209                       273    -64      357
  SINCE JUL 1    215                       285    -70      375

 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
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WIND (MPH)
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   6   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   S (200)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86           500 AM
 LOWEST     39           300 PM
 AVERAGE    63

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THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        82      1920
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        30      1974


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 21 2010.......SUNRISE   704 AM EDT   SUNSET   553 PM EDT
OCTOBER 22 2010.......SUNRISE   705 AM EDT   SUNSET   551 PM EDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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