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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
137 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 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         38    337 AM  64    1950  37      1       34       
  MINIMUM         28   1144 PM  -4    1981  23      5       24       
  AVERAGE         33                        30      3       29      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.50          1.57 1982   0.12   0.38     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.49                      0.48   1.01     0.00    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.79                      4.21   2.58     2.83    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.49                      0.48   1.01     0.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.4           7.9  1994   0.4    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.6                       1.6   -1.0      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     11.7                       8.5    3.2      5.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     15.3                      10.7    4.6      5.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        35     -3       36       
  MONTH TO DATE  125                       138    -13      137       
  SINCE DEC 1   1105                      1070     35      890       
  SINCE JUL 1   2202                      2114     88     1738       
                                                                     
 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  16   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   N (10)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    40   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  MIXED PRECIP                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  SLEET                                                              
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     78          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    89                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        62      1993                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23        -4      1981                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  5 2003.......SUNRISE   713 AM EST   SUNSET   426 PM EST   
JANUARY  6 2003.......SUNRISE   713 AM EST   SUNSET   427 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.