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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
159 AM EDT FRI OCT 4 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         75   1204 AM  85    1922  66      9       80       
  MINIMUM         54   1157 PM  35    1899  51      3       53       
  AVERAGE         65                        58      7       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.48 1961   0.12  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.36  -0.35     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.26                      3.83  -0.57     2.29    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.68                     31.39  -3.71    26.88    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      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      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         7     -7        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        20    -20       13       
  SINCE SEP 1     30                       104    -74       80       
  SINCE JUL 1     37                       116    -79       83       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                         3     12        2       
  SINCE SEP 1    153                        79     74       85       
  SINCE JAN 1    966                       772    194      804       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   5   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NE (40)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     66          1100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        85      1983                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        34      1888                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2002.......SUNRISE   644 AM EDT   SUNSET   621 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  5 2002.......SUNRISE   645 AM EDT   SUNSET   619 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.