000 CDUS41 KBOX 210805 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 403 AM EDT THU OCT 21 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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 52 155 PM 79 1969 60 -8 54 MINIMUM 45 1156 PM 32 1974 45 0 36 AVERAGE 49 53 -4 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.11 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.86 2.40 -0.54 3.65 SINCE SEP 1 9.30 5.87 3.43 6.30 SINCE JAN 1 37.99 33.43 4.56 34.23 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 16 12 4 20 MONTH TO DATE 175 189 -14 217 SINCE SEP 1 234 273 -39 244 SINCE JUL 1 239 285 -46 251 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 600 AM LOWEST 63 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 82 1920 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 30 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 21 2004.......SUNRISE 704 AM EDT SUNSET 552 PM EDT OCTOBER 22 2004.......SUNRISE 706 AM EDT SUNSET 551 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$