000 CDUS41 KBOX 310553 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1242 AM EST FRI DEC 31 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30 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 39 228 PM 63 1984 38 1 55 MINIMUM 29 957 PM -15 1933 24 5 39 AVERAGE 34 31 3 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.08 1901 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 3.66 3.61 0.05 5.06 SINCE DEC 1 3.66 3.61 0.05 5.06 SINCE JAN 1 44.60 42.41 2.19 44.47 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.0 1993 0.3 -0.3 MM MONTH TO DATE 7.2 6.7 0.5 21.5 SINCE DEC 1 7.2 6.7 0.5 21.5 SINCE JUL 1 11.1 8.8 2.3 21.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 34 -3 18 MONTH TO DATE 898 898 0 868 SINCE DEC 1 898 898 0 868 SINCE JUL 1 1918 1942 -24 1832 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 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (0) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1000 PM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 65 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -8 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 31 2004......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 422 PM EST JANUARY 1 2005.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 422 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$