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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
845 AM EDT TUE OCT 5 2004

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         68    346 PM  85    1983  66      2       62       
  MINIMUM         47    512 AM  34    1888  50     -3       45       
  AVERAGE         58                        58      0       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.57 1987   0.12  -0.12     0.11    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.06                      0.48  -0.42     0.19    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.50                      3.95   3.55     2.84    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.19                     31.51   4.68    30.77    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0     MM       
                                      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      T                         0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         7      0       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   25                        27     -2       46       
  SINCE SEP 1     84                       111    -27       73       
  SINCE JUL 1     89                       123    -34       80       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     72                        80     -8       57       
  SINCE JAN 1    632                       773   -141      755       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   7   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  SW (220)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        87      1922                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        28      1881                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2004.......SUNRISE   646 AM EDT   SUNSET   618 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  6 2004.......SUNRISE   647 AM EDT   SUNSET   616 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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