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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
129 AM EDT THU OCT 22 2009


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...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2009


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    117 PM  82    1920  60      8       59       
  MINIMUM         52   1136 PM  30    1974  45      7       44       
  AVERAGE         60                        52      8       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.78 1996   0.12  -0.12     0.01    
                                      1944                          
  MONTH TO DATE    3.35                      2.52   0.83     0.49    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.44                      5.99   0.45     6.94    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.67                     33.55   1.12    41.88    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1964   0.0    0.0     MM       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       0.0    0.1      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.1                       0.0    0.1      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.1                       0.0    0.1      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        13     -8       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  275                       202     73      185       
  SINCE SEP 1    362                       286     76      263       
  SINCE JUL 1    380                       298     82      263       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         7     -7        1       
  SINCE SEP 1     40                        83    -43       96       
  SINCE JAN 1    591                       776   -185      789       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   2   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (260)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77           400 PM                                     
 LOWEST     45           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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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 2009.......SUNRISE   705 AM EDT   SUNSET   551 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 23 2009.......SUNRISE   707 AM EDT   SUNSET   550 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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