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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
1254 AM EST MON FEB 28 2005

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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         33    447 PM  64    1957  41     -8       48       
  MINIMUM         20    649 AM  -4    1900  27     -7       24       
  AVERAGE         27                        34     -7       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.96 1912   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.45                      3.18  -0.73     1.45    
  SINCE DEC 1     10.56                     10.83  -0.27     7.52    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.90                      7.10  -0.20     2.46    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.5  1952   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   15.2                      10.9    4.3      2.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     65.7                      31.1   34.6     28.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     69.6                      33.9   35.7     28.8     
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       38                        31      7       29       
  MONTH TO DATE  903                       920    -17      885       
  SINCE DEC 1   3007                      2956     51     3145       
  SINCE JUL 1   4027                      4000     27     4109       
                                                                     
 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  15   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (290)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    54           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    38                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        63      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27         2      1907                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE   621 AM EST   SUNSET   533 PM EST   
MARCH  1 2005.........SUNRISE   619 AM EST   SUNSET   534 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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