000 CDUS41 KBOX 280527 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1225 AM EST MON JAN 28 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27 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 55 617 PM 63 1974 36 19 36 MINIMUM 34 705 AM -6 1924 22 12 27 AVERAGE 45 29 16 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.82 1996 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 2.74 3.44 -0.70 1.18 SINCE DEC 1 5.57 7.17 -1.60 5.99 SINCE JAN 1 2.74 3.44 -0.70 1.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.0 1894 MM MM T 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 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 37 -17 33 MONTH TO DATE 777 980 -203 954 SINCE DEC 1 1530 1953 -423 2057 SINCE JUL 1 2378 2943 -565 3157 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 28 600 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 63 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -5 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 28 2002.......SUNRISE 702 AM EST SUNSET 453 PM EST JANUARY 29 2002.......SUNRISE 701 AM EST SUNSET 454 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.