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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
225 AM EDT SAT MAY 7 2005

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...THE HARTFORD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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         57    420 PM  89    1930  68    -11       72       
  MINIMUM         36    503 AM  32    1992  45     -9       43       
  AVERAGE         47                        57    -10       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.72 1991   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.34                      0.84  -0.50     0.82    
  SINCE MAR 1      9.72                      8.58   1.14     9.16    
  SINCE JAN 1     17.03                     15.38   1.65    12.39    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1994   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     19.0                       9.9    9.1      7.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     74.1                      46.8   27.3     45.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       18                         9      9        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  102                        59     43       55       
  SINCE MAR 1   1491                      1389    102     1313       
  SINCE JUL 1   5962                      5930     32     5887       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        1       
  SINCE MAR 1      3                         8     -5        3       
  SINCE JAN 1      3                         8     -5        3       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   5   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   E (90)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE HARTFORD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        93      2000                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        28      2001                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  7 2005...........SUNRISE   539 AM EDT   SUNSET   756 PM EDT   
MAY  8 2005...........SUNRISE   538 AM EDT   SUNSET   757 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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