569 CDUS41 KBOX 090524 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 123 AM EDT WED OCT 9 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 59 402 PM 88 1879 65 -6 54 MINIMUM 48 1159 PM 35 1964 49 -1 37 AVERAGE 54 57 -3 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1891 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 0.06 0.96 -0.90 0.05 SINCE SEP 1 3.31 4.43 -1.12 2.34 SINCE JAN 1 27.73 31.99 -4.26 26.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2001 0.0 0.0 T 1988 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 T SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 T SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 28 60 -32 50 SINCE SEP 1 58 144 -86 117 SINCE JUL 1 65 156 -91 120 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 21 7 14 17 SINCE SEP 1 159 83 76 100 SINCE JAN 1 972 776 196 819 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 500 AM LOWEST 33 1100 AM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 82 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 32 1873 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2002.......SUNRISE 650 AM EDT SUNSET 612 PM EDT OCTOBER 10 2002.......SUNRISE 651 AM EDT SUNSET 611 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.