124 CDUS41 KBOX 090605 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1253 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 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 21 243 PM 64 1930 37 -16 38 MINIMUM 9 1159 PM -6 1878 22 -13 20 AVERAGE 15 30 -15 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.47 1979 0.13 -0.13 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 0.69 0.99 -0.30 1.62 SINCE DEC 1 5.75 4.72 1.03 6.92 SINCE JAN 1 0.69 0.99 -0.30 1.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 13.2 1996 0.4 -0.4 0.9 MONTH TO DATE 0.5 3.2 -2.7 3.2 SINCE DEC 1 22.0 10.1 11.9 14.3 SINCE JUL 1 22.0 12.3 9.7 17.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 50 35 15 36 MONTH TO DATE 267 278 -11 274 SINCE DEC 1 1158 1210 -52 1254 SINCE JUL 1 2122 2254 -132 2351 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 17 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 55 M700 AM LOWEST 31 M100 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 64 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -4 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 9 2004.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 429 PM EST JANUARY 10 2004.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 431 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$