757 CDUS41 KBOX 260551 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1239 AM EST THU DEC 26 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 25 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 40 1236 PM 65 1889 39 1 39 MINIMUM 28 1159 PM -8 1872 25 3 32 AVERAGE 34 32 2 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.79 0.89 1978 0.12 0.67 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.06 3.01 2.05 2.83 SINCE DEC 1 5.06 3.01 2.05 2.83 SINCE JAN 1 41.38 41.81 -0.43 31.41 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 3.0 3.3 1974 0.3 2.7 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 8.7 5.2 3.5 5.0 SINCE DEC 1 8.7 5.2 3.5 5.0 SINCE JUL 1 12.3 7.3 5.0 5.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 33 -2 29 MONTH TO DATE 780 732 48 547 SINCE DEC 1 780 732 48 547 SINCE JUL 1 1877 1776 101 1395 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 17 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 40 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 47 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 PM LOWEST 59 1200 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 61 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -4 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 26 2002......SUNRISE 712 AM EST SUNSET 417 PM EST DECEMBER 27 2002......SUNRISE 712 AM EST SUNSET 418 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.