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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
128 AM EDT THU OCT 24 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         47    337 PM  84    1947  59    -12       61       
  MINIMUM         34    757 AM  29    1883  44    -10       46       
  AVERAGE         41                        52    -11       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.28          2.33 1956   0.12   0.16     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      2.76  -1.02     0.91    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.13                      6.23  -1.10     3.20    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.55                     33.79  -4.24    27.79    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             T    1969   0.0   MM        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       24                        13     11       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  236                       228      8      176       
  SINCE SEP 1    266                       312    -46      243       
  SINCE JUL 1    273                       324    -51      246       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED  10   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (320)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92          1100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        80      1900                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        30      1969                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2002.......SUNRISE   707 AM EDT   SUNSET   549 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 25 2002.......SUNRISE   709 AM EDT   SUNSET   547 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.