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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
129 AM EDT TUE OCT 21 2008


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...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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         56    124 PM  79    1969  60     -4       72       
  MINIMUM         37    622 AM  32    1974  45     -8       58       
                                      1972                          
                                      1900                          
  AVERAGE         47                        53     -6       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          6.11 1996   0.12  -0.12     0.12    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.48                      2.40  -1.92     1.56    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.93                      5.87   1.06     3.37    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.87                     33.43   8.44    30.90    
                                                                     
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       18                        12      6        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  172                       189    -17      112       
  SINCE SEP 1    250                       273    -23      162       
  SINCE JUL 1    250                       285    -35      174       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         7     -6       23       
  SINCE SEP 1     96                        83     13      158       
  SINCE JAN 1    789                       776     13      899       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   5   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   N (10)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     24           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    47                                                       

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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 2008.......SUNRISE   705 AM EDT   SUNSET   552 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 22 2008.......SUNRISE   706 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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