172 CDUS41 KBOX 200549 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 148 AM EDT SUN OCT 20 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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 61 456 PM 84 1945 61 0 63 MINIMUM 43 457 AM 28 1922 45 -2 37 AVERAGE 52 53 -1 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.06 1932 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.46 2.28 -0.82 0.91 SINCE SEP 1 4.85 5.75 -0.90 3.20 SINCE JAN 1 29.27 33.31 -4.04 27.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1972 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 13 12 1 15 MONTH TO DATE 158 177 -19 148 SINCE SEP 1 188 261 -73 215 SINCE JUL 1 195 273 -78 218 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 500 AM LOWEST 60 100 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 79 1969 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 32 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 20 2002.......SUNRISE 703 AM EDT SUNSET 555 PM EDT OCTOBER 21 2002.......SUNRISE 704 AM EDT SUNSET 553 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.