NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

BOSTON, MA

  
                                JAN    FEB    MAR    APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    DEC        YEAR 
TEMPERATURE F:                                                                                                              
 Normals                                                                                                                     
  -Daily Maximum               35.7   37.5   45.8   55.9   66.6   76.3   81.8   79.8   72.8   62.7   52.2   40.4      59.0   
  -Daily Minimum               21.6   23.0   31.3   40.2   49.8   59.1   65.1   64.0   56.8   46.9   38.3   26.7      43.6   
  -Monthly                     28.6   30.3   38.6   48.1   58.2   67.7   73.5   71.9   64.8   54.8   45.3   33.6      51.3   
 Extremes                                                                                                                    
  -Record Highest                63     70     81     94     95    100    102    102    100     90     78     73       102   
  -Year                        1990   1985   1989   1976   1979   1952   1977   1975   1953   1963   1993   1984  JUL 1977   
  -Record Lowest                -12     -4      6     16     34     45     50     47     38     28     15     -7       -12   
  -Year                        1957   1961   1984   1982   1956   1986   1988   1986   1965   1976   1989   1980  JAN 1957
  -Warmest Month               39.2   38.0   47.2   51.1   63.7   73.4   78.0   75.5   70.6   61.6   51.8   40.7      78.0
  -Year                        1913   1925   1946   1976   1880   1976   1983   1988   1983   1947   1975   1990  JUL 1983
  -Coldest Month               29.1   17.5   26.0   38.8   50.6   59.8   67.8   65.0   59.3   47.7   33.4   21.7      17.5
  -Year                        1888   1934   1872   1874   1882   1903   1902   1903   1871   1883   1873   1989  FEB 1969
 Number of Days                                                                                                               
  -Maximum 90 and above         0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.5    2.6    5.4    3.4    0.8    0.0    0.0    0.0      12.9   
  -Maximum 32 and below        11.1    7.7    2.1    0.*    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.3    5.7      27.0   
  -Minimum 32 and below        26.0   23.3   16.6    2.4    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.6    7.0   21.6      97.4   
  -Minimum 0 and below          0.5    0.3    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2       1.0   
DEGREE DAYS:
 Normals
  -Heating (base 65 F)         1128    972    818    507    221     32      0      6     72    321    591    973      5641   
  -Cooling (base 65 F)            0      0      0      0     10    113    264    220     66      5      0      0       678
 Extremes
  -Most Heating                1334   1224   1020    649    403    113     21     47    174    458    769   1207
  -Year                        1981   1936   1984   1943   1967   1982   1986   1934   1956   1974   1936   1963
  -Least Heating                854    790    561    331    121      4      0      0     37    164    395    761
  -Year                        1937   1984   1946   1976   1944   1952   1983+  1984+  1971   1947   1975   1953
  -Most Cooling                   0      0      0     43     92    276    410    342    217     60      0      0
  -Year                                             1976   1977   1976   1983   1988   1983   1947
  -Least Cooling                  0      0      0      0      0     62    177     75     30      0      0      0
  -Year                                                           1958   1962   1964   1938
SUNSHINE:
 Normals
  -Percent of Possible           53     56     57     56     59     63     66     65     63     60     50     52        58
 Extremes
  -Most (percent)                75     75     79     85     79     86     83     79     86     82     74     73
  -Year                        1955   1987   1946   1927   1977   1912   1957   1932   1983   1963   1941   1955
  -Least (percent)               31     33     38     27     35     40     48     47     32     26     30     21
  -Year                        1907   1989   1995   1901   1942   1903   1967   1926   1934   1913   1920   1972
SKY COVER SUNRISE TO SUNSET:                                                                   
 Average (tenths)               6.2    6.2    6.4    6.6    6.6    6.3    6.2    5.7    5.6    5.6    6.4    6.3       6.2
 Mean number of days                                                                                                        
  -Clear                        9.0    8.2    7.8    7.0    6.3    6.6    6.7    9.1   10.3   10.8    7.9    8.6      98.4   
  -Partly Cloudy                6.8    6.7    8.1    8.1    9.9   10.5   12.2   10.8    8.1    7.8    7.3    7.5     103.7   
  -Cloudy                      15.1   13.3   15.1   14.9   14.8   12.9   12.1   11.1   11.7   12.4   14.8   14.9     163.2
 Most number of days
  -Clear                         18     16     20     17     18     18     18     19     21     21     16     17
  -Year                        1899   1913   1915   1899   1903   1884   1899   1925   1892   1963   1976   1909
  -Cloudy                        23     19     24     22     22     23     23     21     18     20     21     24
  -Year                        1950   1991   1973   1901   1983   1959   1877   1885   1975   1913   1977   1972
 Least number of days               
  -Clear                          2      1      3      0      2      1      1      3      3      4      2      3
  -Year                        1909   1884   1973   1988   1987   1959   1967   1885   1882   1887   1968   1972
  -Cloudy                         5      6      3      2      3      3      3      2      2      3      4      6
  -Year                        1931   1934   1915   1927   1879   1935   1892   1882   1884   1924   1888   1960
THUNDERSTORMS (average days):   0.2    0.2    0.6    1.0    2.2    3.7    4.3    3.6    1.6    0.7    0.4    0.2      18.6   
HEAVY FOG: Visibility                                                                                                        
 1/4 mile or less               1.8    1.6    2.0    1.7    2.8    1.9    2.2    1.8    1.9    2.2    1.8    1.3      23.2   
AV. STATION PRES.(mb)        1015.0 1015.4 1014.6 1013.2 1014.1 1013.3 1013.8 1015.7 1017.1 1017.3 1016.3 1016.1    1015.2   
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%):                                                                                                       
  Hour 01 EST                    65     65     67     69     74     77     77     79     80     76     71     68        72   
  Hour 07 EST                    67     67     69     69     72     73     73     77     79     77     74     70        72   
  Hour 13 EST                    57     56     57     55     59     58     57     59     60     58     59     59        58   
  Hour 19 EST                    61     59     62     62     65     66     66     69     71     68     66     63        65   
PRECIPITATION (inches):                                                                                                        
 Water Equivalent                                                                                                            
  -Normal                      3.59   3.62   3.69   3.60   3.25   3.09   2.84   3.24   3.06   3.30   4.22   4.01     41.51   
  -Maximum Monthly            10.55   7.81  11.00   9.46  13.38  13.20  11.69  17.09  10.94  10.66  11.03   9.74     17.09   
  -Year                        1979   1984   1953   1987   1954   1982   1921   1955   1933   1996   1876   1969  AUG 1955   
  -Minimum Monthly             0.61   0.72   0.62   1.24   0.53   0.48   0.52   0.83   0.35   0.96   0.64   0.81      0.35   
  -Year                        1989   1987   1981   1966   1964   1953   1952   1972   1957   1967   1976   1989  SEP 1957   
  -Maximum in 24 hrs           3.25   4.45   4.13   3.32   5.74   5.84   6.04   8.40   5.64   6.66   5.42   5.14      8.40   
  -Year                        1881   1886   1968   1991   1954   1998   1921   1955   1954   1996   1876   1992  AUG 1955
 Days .01 inches or more       11.4   10.5   11.9   11.3   11.5   10.6    9.2    9.9    8.7    9.1   10.9   11.6     126.5   
SNOW, ICE PELLETS (inches):                                                                                                           
  -Maximum Monthly             39.8   41.3   38.9   22.4    0.5    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.5   17.8   27.9      41.3   
  -Year                        1996   1969   1993   1997   1977                               1884   1898   1970  FEB 1969   
  -Maximum in 24 hrs           21.0   23.6   17.7   25.4    0.5    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.5   12.0   13.0      25.4   
  -Year                        1978   1978   1960   1997   1977                               1884   1898   1960  FEB 1997
 Days 1.0 inches or more        3.1    2.6    2.1    0.3    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.4    2.1      10.7
  -Most On Ground                32     29     19     21      0      0      0      0      0      0     16     14
  -Year                        1996   1978   1960   1997                                             1898   1975
WIND:                                                                                                                       
 Mean Speed (mph)              13.8   13.8   13.7   13.2   12.2   11.5   11.0   10.8   11.3   12.0   12.9   13.6      12.5   
     through 1963               NW     WNW    NW     WNW    SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     WNW             
 Fastest Obs. 1 Min.                                                                                                         
  -Direction (degrees)          180    300    060    050    090    280    350    080    210    090    310    050       060
  -Speed (mph)                   40     37     54     38     33     45     37     47     35     41     38     51        54
  -Year                        1992   1991   1993   1991   1992   1988   1989   1991   1989   1988   1989   1992  MAR 1993
 Peak Gust                                                                                                                   
  -Direction                      S     NW     NE     NE      S      W     NW     NW      S     NE     NW     NE        NE
  -Speed (mph)                   59     58     81     55     52     68     54     64     76     55     55     78        81
  -Date                        1992   1991   1993   1991   1989   1988   1989   1991   1985   1991   1989   1992  MAR 1993