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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
314 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2005

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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         59    514 PM  86    1879  66     -7       69       
  MINIMUM         48    444 AM  37    1895  50     -2       46       
  AVERAGE         54                        58     -4       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.00 1882   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.79                      1.51  -0.72     1.04    
  SINCE MAR 1      7.85                      8.96  -1.11    13.99    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.00                     16.18  -1.18    16.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
                                      2000                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     14.5                      10.2    4.3     10.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     86.6                      44.5   42.1     39.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         8      3        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  184                       137     47       93       
  SINCE MAR 1   1554                      1455     99     1335       
  SINCE JUL 1   5619                      5486    133     5488       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         7     -7       13       
  SINCE MAR 1      5                        12     -7       16       
  SINCE JAN 1      5                        12     -7       16       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   4   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   E (90)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     26          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        93      1900                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        36      1947                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 15 2005...........SUNRISE   523 AM EDT   SUNSET   759 PM EDT   
MAY 16 2005...........SUNRISE   522 AM EDT   SUNSET   800 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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