000 CDUS41 KBOX 040523 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1221 AM EST MON FEB 4 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3 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 37 258 PM 59 1991 37 0 34 MINIMUM 20 548 AM -5 1881 22 -2 23 AVERAGE 29 30 -1 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.42 1874 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.36 -0.03 T SINCE DEC 1 6.30 8.01 -1.71 6.48 SINCE JAN 1 3.47 4.28 -0.81 1.67 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.6 1916 MM MM T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM T SINCE DEC 1 12.9 MM MM 16.9 SINCE JUL 1 12.9 MM MM 16.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 37 -1 36 MONTH TO DATE 100 111 -11 95 SINCE DEC 1 1720 2212 -492 2278 SINCE JUL 1 2568 3202 -634 3378 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 SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 900 PM LOWEST 44 100 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 64 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -2 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 4 2002......SUNRISE 655 AM EST SUNSET 502 PM EST FEBRUARY 5 2002......SUNRISE 653 AM EST SUNSET 503 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.