000 CDUS41 KBOX 230553 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1242 AM EST WED FEB 23 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 33 319 PM 66 1997 40 -7 42 MINIMUM 24 902 AM 2 1918 26 -2 33 AVERAGE 29 33 -4 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.84 1878 0.12 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.13 2.58 -0.45 1.45 SINCE DEC 1 10.24 10.23 0.01 7.52 SINCE JAN 1 6.58 6.50 0.08 2.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.6 9.0 1893 0.4 0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.2 8.9 -1.7 2.4 SINCE DEC 1 57.7 29.1 28.6 28.8 SINCE JUL 1 61.6 31.9 29.7 28.8 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 33 3 27 MONTH TO DATE 706 761 -55 736 SINCE DEC 1 2810 2797 13 2996 SINCE JUL 1 3830 3841 -11 3960 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 72 100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 65 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -3 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 629 AM EST SUNSET 527 PM EST FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 627 AM EST SUNSET 528 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$