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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
131 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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         60    302 PM  86    1990  65     -5       61       
  MINIMUM         42    505 AM  31    1883  50     -8       52       
  AVERAGE         51                        57     -6       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.00 1962   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.19                      0.72  -0.53     0.06    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.84                      4.19  -1.35     3.45    
  SINCE JAN 1     30.77                     31.75  -0.98    27.87    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
                                      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       14                         8      6        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   71                        43     28       14       
  SINCE SEP 1     98                       127    -29       44       
  SINCE JUL 1    105                       139    -34       51       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6       21       
  SINCE SEP 1     57                        82    -25      159       
  SINCE JAN 1    755                       775    -20      972       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   8   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (280)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        90      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        30      1883                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  7 2003.......SUNRISE   647 AM EDT   SUNSET   616 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  8 2003.......SUNRISE   649 AM EDT   SUNSET   614 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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