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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
130 AM EDT THU OCT 10 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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         57    136 PM  82    1935  64     -7       60       
  MINIMUM         45    734 AM  32    1873  48     -3       39       
  AVERAGE         51                        56     -5       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.06 1906   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.06                      1.08  -1.02     0.05    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.31                      4.55  -1.24     2.34    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.73                     32.11  -4.38    26.93    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2000                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                         9      5       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   42                        69    -27       65       
  SINCE SEP 1     72                       153    -81      132       
  SINCE JUL 1     79                       165    -86      135       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                         7     14       17       
  SINCE SEP 1    159                        83     76      100       
  SINCE JAN 1    972                       776    196      819       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   4   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   E (70)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     56          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        87      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        32      1979                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 10 2002.......SUNRISE   651 AM EDT   SUNSET   611 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 11 2002.......SUNRISE   652 AM EDT   SUNSET   609 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.