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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
101 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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         31    419 PM  68    1930  40     -9       40       
  MINIMUM         21    728 AM   0    1950  25     -4       28       
  AVERAGE         26                        32     -6       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.87 1934   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.71                      2.34  -0.63     1.44    
  SINCE DEC 1      9.82                      9.99  -0.17     7.51    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.16                      6.26  -0.10     2.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          16.5  1921   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.1                       8.1   -7.0      2.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     51.6                      28.3   23.3     28.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     55.5                      31.1   24.4     28.8     
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       39                        33      6       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  634                       695    -61      681       
  SINCE DEC 1   2738                      2731      7     2941       
  SINCE JUL 1   3758                      3775    -17     3905       
                                                                     
 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   9   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (300)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    57           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    40                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        63      1906                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   25        -1      1950                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 21 2005......SUNRISE   632 AM EST   SUNSET   524 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 22 2005......SUNRISE   630 AM EST   SUNSET   526 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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