000 CDUS41 KBOX 170603 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 159 AM EDT SUN OCT 17 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 64 104 PM 88 1897 62 2 62 MINIMUM 51 1142 PM 30 1883 46 5 46 AVERAGE 58 54 4 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.57 2.64 1974 0.12 0.45 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.37 1.92 -0.55 3.59 SINCE SEP 1 8.81 5.39 3.42 6.24 SINCE JAN 1 37.50 32.95 4.55 34.17 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 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 11 -4 11 MONTH TO DATE 116 141 -25 148 SINCE SEP 1 175 225 -50 175 SINCE JUL 1 180 237 -57 182 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 0 SINCE SEP 1 72 83 -11 57 SINCE JAN 1 632 776 -144 755 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 51 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 89 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 27 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 17 2004.......SUNRISE 700 AM EDT SUNSET 558 PM EDT OCTOBER 18 2004.......SUNRISE 701 AM EDT SUNSET 557 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$