000 CDUS41 KBOX 211731 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1229 PM EST MON JAN 21 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 37 319 PM 60 1951 36 1 35 MINIMUM 22 703 AM -3 1946 21 1 25 AVERAGE 30 29 1 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.15 2.05 1978 0.13 0.02 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.49 2.55 -0.06 1.13 SINCE DEC 1 5.32 6.28 -0.96 5.94 SINCE JAN 1 2.49 2.55 -0.06 1.13 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.5 21.0 1978 MM MM 0.8 MONTH TO DATE 7.1 MM MM 6.0 SINCE DEC 1 12.1 MM MM 10.5 SINCE JUL 1 12.1 MM MM 10.5 SNOW DEPTH 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 37 -2 35 MONTH TO DATE 606 721 -115 705 SINCE DEC 1 1359 1694 -335 1808 SINCE JUL 1 2207 2684 -477 2908 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 52 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 68 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 0 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 21 2002.......SUNRISE 707 AM EST SUNSET 444 PM EST JANUARY 22 2002.......SUNRISE 707 AM EST SUNSET 445 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.