000 CDUS41 KBOX 230535 CLIORH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1234 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2008 ................................... ...THE WORCESTER MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 24 127 PM 71 1931 45 -21 62 MINIMUM 15 403 AM 11 1987 30 -15 33 AVERAGE 20 37 -17 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.94 1952 0.14 -0.14 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.73 3.25 -1.52 2.54 SINCE SEP 1 13.57 12.19 1.38 7.64 SINCE JAN 1 55.06 44.16 10.90 38.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.5 1971 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.3 -3.3 0.7 SINCE SEP 1 T 3.7 -3.7 0.7 SINCE JUL 1 T 3.7 -3.7 0.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 45 28 17 17 MONTH TO DATE 528 529 -1 559 SINCE SEP 1 1097 1165 -68 922 SINCE JUL 1 1108 1194 -86 965 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 60 12 48 97 SINCE JAN 1 549 371 178 628 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 17 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 67 200 AM LOWEST 39 100 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WORCESTER MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 74 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 9 1989 1972 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 23 2008......SUNRISE 648 AM EST SUNSET 420 PM EST NOVEMBER 24 2008......SUNRISE 649 AM EST SUNSET 419 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$