000 CDUS41 KBOX 240640 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 43 1206 PM 65 1990 40 3 37 MINIMUM 30 717 AM -3 1876 26 4 23 AVERAGE 37 33 4 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.36 1884 0.12 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 2.51 2.70 -0.19 2.13 SINCE DEC 1 9.98 10.35 -0.37 10.24 SINCE JAN 1 7.11 6.62 0.49 6.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.5 1994 0.4 -0.4 T MONTH TO DATE 17.5 9.3 8.2 7.2 SINCE DEC 1 36.3 29.5 6.8 57.7 SINCE JUL 1 37.4 31.6 5.8 61.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 32 -4 35 MONTH TO DATE 732 793 -61 741 SINCE DEC 1 2610 2829 -219 2845 SINCE JUL 1 3542 3873 -331 3865 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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1000 PM LOWEST 67 1200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 70 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -7 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE 628 AM EST SUNSET 528 PM EST FEBRUARY 25 2006......SUNRISE 626 AM EST SUNSET 529 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$