581 CDUS41 KBOX 050543 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1240 AM EST MON JAN 5 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 50 120 PM 64 1950 37 13 38 MINIMUM 34 1159 PM -4 1981 23 11 28 AVERAGE 42 30 12 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 1.57 1982 0.12 0.05 0.50 MONTH TO DATE 0.39 0.48 -0.09 1.49 SINCE DEC 1 5.45 4.21 1.24 6.79 SINCE JAN 1 0.39 0.48 -0.09 1.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 7.9 1994 0.4 MM 0.4 MONTH TO DATE 0.3 1.6 -1.3 0.6 SINCE DEC 1 21.8 8.5 13.3 11.7 SINCE JUL 1 21.8 10.7 11.1 15.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 35 -12 32 MONTH TO DATE 105 138 -33 125 SINCE DEC 1 996 1070 -74 1105 SINCE JUL 1 1960 2114 -154 2202 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 56 M100 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 62 1993 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -4 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 5 2004.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 425 PM EST JANUARY 6 2004.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 426 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$