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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
158 AM EDT TUE AUG 22 2006

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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         77    140 PM  97    1955  79     -2       88       
  MINIMUM         62    353 AM  52    1882  64     -2       69       
  AVERAGE         70                        72     -2       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.72 1991   0.11  -0.11     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.70                      2.27  -0.57     2.19    
  SINCE JUN 1     15.37                      8.55   6.82     7.02    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.48                     26.46  11.02    25.21    
                                                                     
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        5                         7     -2       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  199                       174     25      216       
  SINCE JUN 1    700                       595    105      666       
  SINCE JAN 1    720                       632     88      672       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   6   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (310)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     57          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        93      2003                    
                                             1955                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        47      1894                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 22 2006........SUNRISE   559 AM EDT   SUNSET   735 PM EDT   
AUGUST 23 2006........SUNRISE   600 AM EDT   SUNSET   733 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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