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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
206 AM EDT THU OCT 2 2008


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...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         68    319 PM  90    1881  67      1       65       
  MINIMUM         60    609 AM  36    1992  51      9       52       
  AVERAGE         64                        59      5       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.40          1.63 1936   0.12   0.28     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      0.12   0.28     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.85                      3.59   3.26     1.81    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.79                     31.15  10.64    29.34    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
                                      2000                          
  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        1                         6     -5        6       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         6     -5        6       
  SINCE SEP 1     79                        90    -11       56       
  SINCE JUL 1     79                       102    -23       68       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     95                        77     18      135       
  SINCE JAN 1    788                       770     18      876       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   5   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  SE (150)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.5                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     81           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    87                                                       

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THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        88      1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        34      1899                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  2 2008.......SUNRISE   643 AM EDT   SUNSET   623 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  3 2008.......SUNRISE   644 AM EDT   SUNSET   621 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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