000 CDUS41 KBOX 160644 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 233 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 68 459 PM 98 1944 80 -12 74 MINIMUM 62 1150 PM 52 1964 65 -3 64 AVERAGE 65 73 -8 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.13 1.90 1930 0.11 0.02 1.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.17 1.61 0.56 2.71 SINCE JUN 1 7.00 7.89 -0.89 8.53 SINCE JAN 1 25.19 25.80 -0.61 27.02 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 0 8 -8 4 MONTH TO DATE 178 130 48 121 SINCE JUN 1 628 551 77 423 SINCE JAN 1 634 588 46 450 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 81 300 PM AVERAGE 91 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 97 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 47 1880 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2005........SUNRISE 552 AM EDT SUNSET 743 PM EDT AUGUST 17 2005........SUNRISE 554 AM EDT SUNSET 742 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$