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CDUS41 KBOX 060559  
CLIBOS  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA  
156 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2008  
 
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..THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 2008
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 56 408 PM 87 1922 66 -10 82  
MINIMUM 45 344 AM 28 1881 50 -5 60  
AVERAGE 51 58 -7 71  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY T 4.00 1877 0.12 -0.12 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.60 -0.13 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 6.92 4.07 2.85 1.81  
SINCE JAN 1 41.86 31.63 10.23 29.34  
 
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 0  
MONTH TO DATE 42 35 7 13  
SINCE SEP 1 120 119 1 63  
SINCE JUL 1 120 131 -11 75  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 6  
MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 15  
SINCE SEP 1 95 81 14 150  
SINCE JAN 1 788 774 14 891    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 89 800 PM  
LOWEST 59 1200 AM  
AVERAGE 74  
 
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THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 86 1990  
1946  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 31 1883  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 6 2008.......SUNRISE 647 AM EDT SUNSET 616 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 648 AM EDT SUNSET 615 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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