205 CDUS41 KBOX 030545 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1235 AM EST THU JAN 3 2013 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 30 124 PM 66 1890 37 -7 50 MINIMUM 12 1159 PM -3 1899 23 -11 34 AVERAGE 21 30 -9 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.24 1987 0.11 -0.11 0.01 MONTH TO DATE T 0.22 -0.22 0.02 SINCE DEC 1 5.93 4.00 1.93 3.99 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.22 -0.22 0.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 8.0 1904 0.4 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 3.4 9.8 -6.4 T SINCE JUL 1 3.8 11.1 -7.3 1.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 44 35 9 23 MONTH TO DATE 80 70 10 42 SINCE DEC 1 897 1009 -112 808 SINCE JUL 1 1910 2064 -154 1533 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 13 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 58 1100 PM LOWEST 47 800 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 64 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -1 1904 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 3 2013.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 424 PM EST JANUARY 4 2013.......SUNRISE 713 AM EST SUNSET 425 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$