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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
155 AM EDT MON APR 18 2005

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...THE HARTFORD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 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         78    329 PM  95    2002  61     17       77       
  MINIMUM         30    527 AM  25    1908  38     -8       33       
  AVERAGE         54                        49      5       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.74 1954   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.08                      2.17  -0.09     3.78    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.77                      6.05  -0.28     6.66    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.08                     12.85   0.23     9.89    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.7  1935   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       1.8   -1.8      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     19.0                       9.8    9.2      7.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     74.1                      46.7   27.4     45.5     
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                        16     -5       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  259                       315    -56      347       
  SINCE MAR 1   1239                      1159     80     1148       
  SINCE JUL 1   5710                      5700     10     5722       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         1     -1        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   1   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (330)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
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    85           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     11           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       
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THE HARTFORD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        95      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        24      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE   606 AM EDT   SUNSET   735 PM EDT   
APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE   604 AM EDT   SUNSET   736 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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