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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
835 AM EDT WED OCT 22 2008


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...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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         59    245 PM  82    1920  60     -1       75       
  MINIMUM         44    604 AM  30    1974  45     -1       55       
  AVERAGE         52                        52      0       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.78 1996   0.12  -0.11     0.00    
                                      1944                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.49                      2.52  -2.03     1.56    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.94                      5.99   0.95     3.37    
  SINCE JAN 1     41.88                     33.55   8.33    30.90    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             T    1964   0.0   MM        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       13                        13      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  185                       202    -17      112       
  SINCE SEP 1    263                       286    -23      162       
  SINCE JUL 1    263                       298    -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   2   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (260)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     41          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       

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THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        83      1979                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        28      1940                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 22 2008.......SUNRISE   706 AM EDT   SUNSET   551 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 23 2008.......SUNRISE   707 AM EDT   SUNSET   549 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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