054 CDUS41 KBOX 170527 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 126 AM EDT THU OCT 17 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 63 914 PM 88 1897 62 1 61 MINIMUM 50 221 AM 30 1883 46 4 45 AVERAGE 57 54 3 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.71 2.64 1974 0.12 0.59 0.77 MONTH TO DATE 1.46 1.92 -0.46 0.91 SINCE SEP 1 4.71 5.39 -0.68 3.20 SINCE JAN 1 29.13 32.95 -3.82 27.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0 0.0 2000 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 8 11 -3 12 MONTH TO DATE 121 141 -20 109 SINCE SEP 1 151 225 -74 176 SINCE JUL 1 158 237 -79 179 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 18 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 22.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 PM LOWEST 71 300 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 89 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 27 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2002.......SUNRISE 659 AM EDT SUNSET 559 PM EDT OCTOBER 18 2002.......SUNRISE 700 AM EDT SUNSET 558 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.