000 CDUS41 KBOX 180603 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 152 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 85 245 PM 97 1944 80 5 73 MINIMUM 68 1159 PM 51 1934 65 3 60 AVERAGE 77 72 5 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.92 1909 0.11 -0.11 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 2.17 1.83 0.34 2.87 SINCE JUN 1 7.00 8.11 -1.11 8.69 SINCE JAN 1 25.19 26.02 -0.83 27.18 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 1 SINCE JUN 1 76 52 24 55 SINCE JUL 1 10 4 6 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 8 4 2 MONTH TO DATE 191 146 45 123 SINCE JUN 1 641 567 74 425 SINCE JAN 1 647 604 43 452 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 1200 AM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 95 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 53 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE 555 AM EDT SUNSET 740 PM EDT AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE 556 AM EDT SUNSET 739 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$