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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
125 AM EDT TUE OCT 22 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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         54    251 PM  82    1920  60     -6       74       
  MINIMUM         38   1159 PM  30    1974  45     -7       47       
  AVERAGE         46                        52     -6       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.78 1996   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.46                      2.52  -1.06     0.91    
  SINCE SEP 1      4.85                      5.99  -1.14     3.20    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.27                     33.55  -4.28    27.79    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1964   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  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       19                        13      6        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  191                       202    -11      158       
  SINCE SEP 1    221                       286    -65      225       
  SINCE JUL 1    228                       298    -70      228       
                                                                     
 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   8   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (310)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        83      1979                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        28      1940                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 22 2002.......SUNRISE   705 AM EDT   SUNSET   552 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 23 2002.......SUNRISE   706 AM EDT   SUNSET   550 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.