2008 Year in Review- Boston, MA

Posted by Joe Joyce January 4, 2009 at 7:51 am

…2008 OVERALL FEATURED A SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
AND WETTER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS IN BOSTON…

THE FOLLOWING IS A 2008 ANNUAL CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY AT BOSTONS
LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…

2008 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 52.0 DEGREES +0.4F ABOVE NORMAL.
2008 ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 54.47 INCHES +11.94″ ABOVE NORMAL.
IT WAS THE SEVENTH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD.
2008 SNOWFALL TOTALED 49.6 INCHES OR +7.8″ ABOVE NORMAL

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES GREATER OR EQUAL THAN
90 DEGREES…8 DAYS OR MINUS SIX DAYS BELOW NORMAL.
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO
32 DEGREES…21 DAYS OR MINUS FIVE DAYS BELOW NORMAL.
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO
32 DEGREES…97 DAYS OR TWO DAYS ABOVE NORMAL.
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO
0 DEGREES…0 DAYS OR MINUS ONE DAY BELOW NORMAL/

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 0.01 INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION…133 DAYS
OR PLUS SIX DAYS ABOVE NORMAL
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 0.10 INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION…92 DAYS
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 0.50 INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION…34 DAYS
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH AN INCH OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION…13 DAYS
OR PLUS THREE DAYS ABOVE NORMAL

HIGHEST DAILY PRECIPITATION…2.66 INCHES FEBRUARY 13TH
HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL…8.9 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 22ND
HIGHEST DAILY AVERAGE WIND SPEED…23.7 MPH MARCH 21ST
HIGHEST SUSTAINED 2 MINUTE WIND SPEED…FROM THE SW 40 MPH
NOVEMBER 15TH
PEAK WIND GUST…FROM THE W 56 MPH FEBRUARY 10TH

HIGH MAXIMUM…95 DEGREES ON JUNE 9TH…JUNE 10TH AND JULY 17TH
HIGH MINIMUM…77 DEGREES ON JUNE 8TH
LOW MAXIMUM…14 DEGREES ON JANUARY 3RD
LOW MINIMUM…7 DEGREES ON JANUARY 3RD
HIGHEST DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE…85 DEGREES ON JUNE 8TH
LOWEST DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE…11 DEGREES ON JANUARY 3R