879 CDUS41 KBOX 110523 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 122 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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 59 120 PM 87 1939 64 -5 71 MINIMUM 51 320 AM 32 1979 48 3 47 AVERAGE 55 56 -1 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.30 1971 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.06 1.20 -1.14 0.05 SINCE SEP 1 3.31 4.67 -1.36 2.34 SINCE JAN 1 27.73 32.23 -4.50 26.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1979 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 10 9 1 6 MONTH TO DATE 52 78 -26 71 SINCE SEP 1 82 162 -80 138 SINCE JUL 1 89 174 -85 141 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 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 600 AM LOWEST 62 1200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 82 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 32 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 11 2002.......SUNRISE 652 AM EDT SUNSET 609 PM EDT OCTOBER 12 2002.......SUNRISE 653 AM EDT SUNSET 607 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.