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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
224 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 2006...

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         54    442 PM  60    1910  39     15       54       
  MINIMUM         34    720 AM  -9    1943  24     10       34       
  AVERAGE         44                        32     12       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.64 1958   0.11  -0.11     0.19    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.38                      1.89   0.49     1.71    
  SINCE DEC 1      9.85                      9.54   0.31     9.82    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.98                      5.81   1.17     6.16    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          19.3  1958   0.4   -0.4     MM       
  MONTH TO DATE   17.5                       6.5   11.0      1.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     36.3                      26.7    9.6     51.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     37.4                      28.8    8.6     55.5     
  SNOW DEPTH      MM                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        34    -13       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  491                       561    -70      484       
  SINCE DEC 1   2369                      2597   -228     2588       
  SINCE JUL 1   3301                      3641   -340     3608       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   4   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   S (180)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     50           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        61      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24       -11      1896                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 17 2006......SUNRISE   638 AM EST   SUNSET   519 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 18 2006......SUNRISE   637 AM EST   SUNSET   520 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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