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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
133 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008


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...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         60    122 PM  89    1947  61     -1       63       
  MINIMUM         46   1159 PM  27    1886  46      0       44       
  AVERAGE         53                        54     -1       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.18 1989   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.48                      2.04  -1.56     1.02    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.93                      5.51   1.42     2.83    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.87                     33.07   8.80    30.36    
                                                                     
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       12                        12      0       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  116                       153    -37      109       
  SINCE SEP 1    194                       237    -43      159       
  SINCE JUL 1    194                       249    -55      171       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         7     -6       22       
  SINCE SEP 1     96                        83     13      157       
  SINCE JAN 1    789                       776     13      898       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   7   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   N (340)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    68           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       

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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 2008.......SUNRISE   701 AM EDT   SUNSET   557 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 19 2008.......SUNRISE   702 AM EDT   SUNSET   555 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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