000 CDUS41 KBOX 240809 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 258 AM EST THU FEB 24 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 37 128 PM 65 1990 40 -3 46 MINIMUM 23 1159 PM -3 1876 26 -3 30 AVERAGE 30 33 -3 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.36 1884 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.13 2.70 -0.57 1.45 SINCE DEC 1 10.24 10.35 -0.11 7.52 SINCE JAN 1 6.58 6.62 -0.04 2.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 5.5 1994 0.4 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.2 9.3 -2.1 2.4 SINCE DEC 1 57.7 29.5 28.2 28.8 SINCE JUL 1 61.6 32.3 29.3 28.8 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 32 3 27 MONTH TO DATE 741 793 -52 763 SINCE DEC 1 2845 2829 16 3023 SINCE JUL 1 3865 3873 -8 3987 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 NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 70 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -7 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 627 AM EST SUNSET 528 PM EST FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 626 AM EST SUNSET 529 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$