000 CDUS41 KBOX 210534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 122 AM EDT TUE OCT 21 2003 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 54 300 PM 79 1969 60 -6 58 MINIMUM 36 536 AM 32 1974 45 -9 43 AVERAGE 45 53 -8 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.11 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.65 2.40 1.25 1.46 SINCE SEP 1 6.30 5.87 0.43 4.85 SINCE JAN 1 34.23 33.43 0.80 29.27 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 12 8 14 MONTH TO DATE 217 189 28 172 SINCE SEP 1 244 273 -29 202 SINCE JUL 1 251 285 -34 209 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 21 SINCE SEP 1 57 83 -26 159 SINCE JAN 1 755 776 -21 972 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1100 PM LOWEST 44 400 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 82 1920 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 30 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 21 2003.......SUNRISE 704 AM EDT SUNSET 553 PM EDT OCTOBER 22 2003.......SUNRISE 705 AM EDT SUNSET 552 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$