000 CDUS41 KBOX 220548 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 137 AM EDT FRI OCT 22 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 51 MM 82 1920 60 -9 70 MINIMUM 43 MM 30 1974 45 -2 46 AVERAGE 47 52 -5 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.78 1996 0.12 -0.12 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 1.86 2.52 -0.66 3.67 SINCE SEP 1 9.30 5.99 3.31 6.32 SINCE JAN 1 37.99 33.55 4.44 34.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1964 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 18 13 5 7 MONTH TO DATE 193 202 -9 224 SINCE SEP 1 252 286 -34 251 SINCE JUL 1 257 298 -41 258 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 800 AM LOWEST 59 1200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 83 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 28 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2004.......SUNRISE 706 AM EDT SUNSET 551 PM EDT OCTOBER 23 2004.......SUNRISE 707 AM EDT SUNSET 549 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$