340 CDUS41 KBOX 140525 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1224 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13 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 43 148 PM 63 1984 42 1 51 MINIMUM 32 556 AM 4 1898 29 3 39 AVERAGE 38 35 3 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.67 1873 0.12 -0.09 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 1.05 1.57 -0.52 0.60 SINCE DEC 1 1.05 1.57 -0.52 0.60 SINCE JAN 1 37.37 40.37 -3.00 29.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.0 1902 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.7 2.2 3.5 4.3 SINCE DEC 1 5.7 2.2 3.5 4.3 SINCE JUL 1 9.3 4.3 5.0 4.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 29 -2 20 MONTH TO DATE 452 357 95 231 SINCE DEC 1 452 357 95 231 SINCE JUL 1 1549 1401 148 1079 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 972 777 195 822 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 0 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 70 1000 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 66 1881 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 0 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 14 2002......SUNRISE 705 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST DECEMBER 15 2002......SUNRISE 706 AM EST SUNSET 412 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.