481 CDUS41 KBOX 060541 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 139 AM EDT SUN OCT 6 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 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 82 203 PM 87 1922 66 16 83 MINIMUM 59 1152 PM 28 1881 50 9 61 AVERAGE 71 58 13 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 4.00 1877 0.12 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.06 0.60 -0.54 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 3.31 4.07 -0.76 2.29 SINCE JAN 1 27.73 31.63 -3.90 26.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0 0.0 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 35 -29 13 SINCE SEP 1 36 119 -83 80 SINCE JUL 1 43 131 -88 83 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 1 5 7 MONTH TO DATE 21 5 16 17 SINCE SEP 1 159 81 78 100 SINCE JAN 1 972 774 198 819 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 86 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 31 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2002.......SUNRISE 647 AM EDT SUNSET 617 PM EDT OCTOBER 7 2002.......SUNRISE 648 AM EDT SUNSET 616 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.