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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
154 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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         75    246 PM  95    2002  80     -5       81       
  MINIMUM         62    526 AM  53    1918  64     -2       61       
  AVERAGE         69                        72     -3       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.88 1955   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.17                      1.94   0.23     2.87    
  SINCE JUN 1      7.00                      8.22  -1.22     8.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.19                     26.13  -0.94    27.18    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0     MM       
                                      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        4                         7     -3        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  195                       153     42      129       
  SINCE JUN 1    645                       574     71      431       
  SINCE JAN 1    651                       611     40      458       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   3   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   E (90)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     41           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        92      1983                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        51      1882                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE   556 AM EDT   SUNSET   739 PM EDT   
AUGUST 20 2005........SUNRISE   557 AM EDT   SUNSET   737 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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