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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
209 AM EST WED MAR 1 2006

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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         28    303 PM  63    1976  42    -14       34       
  MINIMUM         16    254 AM   2    1907  27    -11       19       
  AVERAGE         22                        34    -12       27      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.01 1958   0.12  -0.12     0.25    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.64                      3.30  -0.66     2.70    
  SINCE DEC 1     10.11                     10.95  -0.84    10.81    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.24                      7.22   0.02     7.15    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             6.6  1948   0.4   MM        2.5     
  MONTH TO DATE   20.0                      11.3    8.7     17.7     
  SINCE DEC 1     38.8                      31.5    7.3     68.2     
  SINCE JUL 1     39.9                      33.6    6.3     72.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       43                        31     12       38       
  MONTH TO DATE  947                       951     -4      941       
  SINCE DEC 1   2825                      2987   -162     3045       
  SINCE JUL 1   3757                      4031   -274     4065       
                                                                     
 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  16   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (270)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.6                                         
                                                                     
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    54           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     25          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    40                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        63      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27        -1      1886                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH  1 2006.........SUNRISE   620 AM EST   SUNSET   534 PM EST   
MARCH  2 2006.........SUNRISE   618 AM EST   SUNSET   535 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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