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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
243 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 6 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         78   1038 AM  97    1931  82     -4       71       
  MINIMUM         65   1107 PM  52    1883  66     -1       61       
  AVERAGE         72                        74     -2       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.60 1967   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.12                      0.62   0.50     0.34    
  SINCE JUN 1      5.95                      6.90  -0.95     6.16    
  SINCE JAN 1     24.14                     24.81  -0.67    24.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
                                      2000                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     76                        52     24       54       
  SINCE JUL 1     10                         4      6        2       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         9     -2        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   71                        54     17       49       
  SINCE JUN 1    521                       475     46      351       
  SINCE JAN 1    527                       512     15      378       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   4   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   E (70)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     47          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        98      1924                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        55      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  7 2005........SUNRISE   543 AM EDT   SUNSET   756 PM EDT   
AUGUST  8 2005........SUNRISE   544 AM EDT   SUNSET   755 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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