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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
122 AM EDT TUE OCT 21 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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         54    300 PM  79    1969  60     -6       58       
  MINIMUM         36    536 AM  32    1974  45     -9       43       
  AVERAGE         45                        53     -8       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          6.11 1996   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.65                      2.40   1.25     1.46    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.30                      5.87   0.43     4.85    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.23                     33.43   0.80    29.27    
                                                                     
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       20                        12      8       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  217                       189     28      172       
  SINCE SEP 1    244                       273    -29      202       
  SINCE JUL 1    251                       285    -34      209       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         7     -7       21       
  SINCE SEP 1     57                        83    -26      159       
  SINCE JAN 1    755                       776    -21      972       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   8   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (260)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.6                                         
                                                                     
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    82          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     44           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        82      1920                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        30      1974                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2003.......SUNRISE   704 AM EDT   SUNSET   553 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 22 2003.......SUNRISE   705 AM EDT   SUNSET   552 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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