000 CDUS41 KBOX 300604 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 153 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 62 1159 PM 96 1953 78 -16 82 MINIMUM 60 554 PM 47 1986 62 -2 71 AVERAGE 61 70 -9 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 1.69 1962 0.11 0.03 0.33 MONTH TO DATE 3.20 3.15 0.05 2.52 SINCE JUN 1 16.87 9.43 7.44 7.35 SINCE JAN 1 38.98 27.34 11.64 25.54 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 6 5 0 SINCE JUN 1 66 58 8 76 SINCE JUL 1 11 10 1 10 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 12 MONTH TO DATE 216 225 -9 280 SINCE JUN 1 717 646 71 730 SINCE JAN 1 737 683 54 736 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1200 AM LOWEST 84 200 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 99 1973 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 48 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2006........SUNRISE 607 AM EDT SUNSET 722 PM EDT AUGUST 31 2006........SUNRISE 608 AM EDT SUNSET 720 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$