000 CDUS41 KBOX 060717 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 206 AM EST MON DEC 6 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 5 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 50 221 PM 66 2001 45 5 33 MINIMUM 29 1159 PM 4 1926 31 -2 19 AVERAGE 40 38 2 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.76 1993 0.12 -0.12 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.51 0.61 -0.10 0.08 SINCE DEC 1 0.51 0.61 -0.10 0.08 SINCE JAN 1 41.45 39.41 2.04 39.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.0 1926 0.2 -0.2 0.7 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.9 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.9 SINCE JUL 1 3.9 2.7 1.2 0.9 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 27 -2 39 MONTH TO DATE 116 130 -14 179 SINCE DEC 1 116 130 -14 179 SINCE JUL 1 1136 1174 -38 1143 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 632 777 -145 755 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED MM RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 72 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 8 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 6 2004......SUNRISE 659 AM EST SUNSET 411 PM EST DECEMBER 7 2004......SUNRISE 700 AM EST SUNSET 411 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$