000 CDUS41 KBOX 230648 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 137 AM EST THU FEB 23 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 41 220 PM 66 1997 40 1 33 MINIMUM 28 553 AM 2 1918 26 2 24 AVERAGE 35 33 2 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.84 1878 0.12 -0.12 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 2.46 2.58 -0.12 2.13 SINCE DEC 1 9.93 10.23 -0.30 10.24 SINCE JAN 1 7.06 6.50 0.56 6.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 9.0 1893 0.4 -0.4 0.6 MONTH TO DATE 17.5 8.9 8.6 7.2 SINCE DEC 1 36.3 29.1 7.2 57.7 SINCE JUL 1 37.4 31.2 6.2 61.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 33 -3 36 MONTH TO DATE 704 761 -57 706 SINCE DEC 1 2582 2797 -215 2810 SINCE JUL 1 3514 3841 -327 3830 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 500 AM LOWEST 31 200 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 65 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -3 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2006......SUNRISE 629 AM EST SUNSET 526 PM EST FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 628 AM EST SUNSET 528 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$