953 CDUS41 KBOX 050541 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1240 AM EST SUN DEC 5 2010 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 4 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 43 305 PM 70 1982 45 -2 54 MINIMUM 32 1159 PM 2 1940 32 0 44 AVERAGE 38 39 -1 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.15 1968 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.38 0.49 -0.11 0.80 SINCE DEC 1 0.38 0.49 -0.11 0.80 SINCE JAN 1 46.43 39.29 7.14 40.63 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 T 1.7 -1.7 0.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 26 1 16 MONTH TO DATE 89 103 -14 69 SINCE DEC 1 89 103 -14 69 SINCE JUL 1 1018 1147 -129 1051 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1082 777 305 591 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 200 AM LOWEST 45 100 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... 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 2010......SUNRISE 658 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST DECEMBER 6 2010......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. $$