000 CDUS41 KBOX 230525 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1222 AM EST WED JAN 23 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 22 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 44 332 PM 66 1916 36 8 33 MINIMUM 32 1158 PM -3 1888 21 11 19 AVERAGE 38 29 9 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1881 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.68 2.81 -0.13 1.18 SINCE DEC 1 5.51 6.54 -1.03 5.99 SINCE JAN 1 2.68 2.81 -0.13 1.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.3 1987 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.1 MM MM 12.4 SINCE DEC 1 12.1 MM MM 16.9 SINCE JUL 1 12.1 MM MM 16.9 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 37 -10 39 MONTH TO DATE 667 795 -128 784 SINCE DEC 1 1420 1768 -348 1887 SINCE JUL 1 2268 2758 -490 2987 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 600 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 68 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -6 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 23 2002.......SUNRISE 706 AM EST SUNSET 446 PM EST JANUARY 24 2002.......SUNRISE 705 AM EST SUNSET 448 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.