000 CDUS41 KBOX 230554 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 152 AM EDT THU OCT 23 2003 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 53 1207 AM 83 1979 60 -7 52 MINIMUM 39 1159 PM 28 1940 44 -5 35 AVERAGE 46 52 -6 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.53 1898 0.12 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.68 2.64 1.04 1.46 SINCE SEP 1 6.33 6.11 0.22 4.85 SINCE JAN 1 34.26 33.67 0.59 29.27 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1969 0.0 MM 0.0 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 19 13 6 21 MONTH TO DATE 243 215 28 212 SINCE SEP 1 270 299 -29 242 SINCE JUL 1 277 311 -34 249 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 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 71 100 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 84 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 29 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2003.......SUNRISE 706 AM EDT SUNSET 550 PM EDT OCTOBER 24 2003.......SUNRISE 707 AM EDT SUNSET 549 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$