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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
1230 AM EST FRI JAN 3 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2003...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2003

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         37   1214 AM  66    1890  38     -1       38       
  MINIMUM         23   1127 AM  -3    1899  23      0       23       
  AVERAGE         30                        30      0       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          2.24 1987   0.12  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.48                      0.24   0.24     0.00    
  SINCE DEC 1      5.78                      3.97   1.81     2.83    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.48                      0.24   0.24     0.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.2           8.0  1904   0.4   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.2                       0.8   -0.6      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     11.3                       7.7    3.6      5.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.9                       9.9    5.0      5.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       35                        34      1       34       
  MONTH TO DATE   60                        68     -8       70       
  SINCE DEC 1   1040                      1000     40      823       
  SINCE JUL 1   2137                      2044     93     1671       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED  18   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   N (20)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    82                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        64      2000                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23        -1      1904                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  3 2003.......SUNRISE   713 AM EST   SUNSET   424 PM EST   
JANUARY  4 2003.......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.