877  
CDUS41 KBOX 070542  
CLIBOS  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA  
139 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2008  
 
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..THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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 60 1109 AM 86 1990 65 -5 80  
1946  
MINIMUM 45 1159 PM 31 1883 50 -5 63  
AVERAGE 53 57 -4 72  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 3.00 1962 0.12 -0.12 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.72 -0.25 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 6.92 4.19 2.73 1.81  
SINCE JAN 1 41.86 31.75 10.11 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 12 8 4 0  
MONTH TO DATE 54 43 11 13  
SINCE SEP 1 132 127 5 63  
SINCE JUL 1 132 139 -7 75  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 7  
MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 22  
SINCE SEP 1 95 82 13 157  
SINCE JAN 1 788 775 13 898    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (330)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 86 1200 AM  
LOWEST 40 1100 AM  
AVERAGE 63  
 
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THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 90 1963  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 30 1883  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 648 AM EDT SUNSET 615 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 8 2008.......SUNRISE 649 AM EDT SUNSET 613 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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