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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
129 AM EDT THU OCT 30 2008


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...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 29 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         46    319 PM  79    1918  58    -12       51       
  MINIMUM         36   1127 PM  26    1876  43     -7       37       
  AVERAGE         41                        50     -9       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.49 2003   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.41                      3.53  -2.12     2.08    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.86                      7.00   0.86     3.89    
  SINCE JAN 1     42.80                     34.56   8.24    31.42    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.1  2005   T      0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        15      9       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  314                       314      0      179       
  SINCE SEP 1    392                       398     -6      229       
  SINCE JUL 1    392                       410    -18      241       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         7     -6       31       
  SINCE SEP 1     96                        83     13      166       
  SINCE JAN 1    789                       776     13      907       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED  18   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (260)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    47   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.4                                         

                                                                     
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          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       

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THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        78      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        28      1928                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 30 2008.......SUNRISE   715 AM EDT   SUNSET   539 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 31 2008.......SUNRISE   717 AM EDT   SUNSET   538 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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