874 CDUS41 KBOX 160546 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1245 AM EST FRI JAN 16 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 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 8 238 PM 66 1995 36 -28 26 MINIMUM -5 1159 PM -12 1957 22 -27 14 AVERAGE 2 29 -27 20 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.79 1958 0.13 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.79 1.90 -1.11 1.74 SINCE DEC 1 5.85 5.63 0.22 7.04 SINCE JAN 1 0.79 1.90 -1.11 1.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.2 4.5 1929 0.4 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.8 6.0 -4.2 3.3 SINCE DEC 1 23.3 12.9 10.4 14.4 SINCE JUL 1 23.3 15.1 8.2 18.0 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 63 36 27 45 MONTH TO DATE 641 528 113 533 SINCE DEC 1 1532 1460 72 1513 SINCE JUL 1 2496 2504 -8 2610 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 15 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 M200 AM LOWEST 31 M300 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 64 1995 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -5 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 16 2004.......SUNRISE 711 AM EST SUNSET 437 PM EST JANUARY 17 2004.......SUNRISE 710 AM EST SUNSET 438 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$