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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
231 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2005

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         40    439 PM  61    1981  39      1       30       
  MINIMUM         31   1159 PM -11    1896  24      7       14       
  AVERAGE         36                        32      4       22      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.60 1952   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.71                      2.00  -0.29     1.44    
  SINCE DEC 1      9.82                      9.65   0.17     7.51    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.16                      5.92   0.24     2.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          23.6  2003   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.1                       6.9   -5.8      2.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     51.6                      27.1   24.5     28.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     55.5                      29.9   25.6     28.8     
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       29                        34     -5       43       
  MONTH TO DATE  513                       595    -82      584       
  SINCE DEC 1   2617                      2631    -14     2844       
  SINCE JUL 1   3637                      3675    -38     3808       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   8   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (300)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    50                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        64      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   25        -4      1958                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE   636 AM EST   SUNSET   520 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE   635 AM EST   SUNSET   522 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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