000 CDUS41 KBOX 170545 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1242 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 31 310 PM 60 1910 39 -8 29 1882 MINIMUM 20 741 AM -9 1943 24 -4 10 AVERAGE 26 32 -6 20 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.64 1958 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.18 1.89 4.29 1.87 SINCE DEC 1 14.12 9.54 4.58 6.33 SINCE JAN 1 8.87 5.81 3.06 4.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 19.3 1958 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.7 6.5 -1.8 2.5 SINCE DEC 1 40.7 26.7 14.0 4.3 SINCE JUL 1 40.7 28.8 11.9 4.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 34 5 45 MONTH TO DATE 500 561 -61 670 SINCE DEC 1 2476 2597 -121 2396 SINCE JUL 1 3393 3641 -248 3271 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 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 54 300 AM LOWEST 31 200 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 61 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -11 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 17 2008......SUNRISE 639 AM EST SUNSET 518 PM EST FEBRUARY 18 2008......SUNRISE 637 AM EST SUNSET 520 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$