000 CDUS41 KBOX 160635 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 224 AM EDT WED AUG 16 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 82 309 PM 98 1944 80 2 68 MINIMUM 70 1141 PM 52 1964 65 5 62 AVERAGE 76 73 3 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.53 1.90 1930 0.11 0.42 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 0.90 1.61 -0.71 2.17 SINCE JUN 1 14.57 7.89 6.68 7.00 SINCE JAN 1 36.68 25.80 10.88 25.19 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 55 52 3 76 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 10 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 8 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 151 130 21 178 SINCE JUN 1 652 551 101 628 SINCE JAN 1 672 588 84 634 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 97 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 47 1880 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2006........SUNRISE 552 AM EDT SUNSET 744 PM EDT AUGUST 17 2006........SUNRISE 553 AM EDT SUNSET 742 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$