000 CDUS41 KBOX 180557 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1252 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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 45 1159 PM 61 1981 39 6 35 MINIMUM 21 658 AM -11 1896 24 -3 22 AVERAGE 33 32 1 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.60 1952 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.18 2.00 4.18 1.87 SINCE DEC 1 14.12 9.65 4.47 6.33 SINCE JAN 1 8.87 5.92 2.95 4.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 23.6 2003 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.7 6.9 -2.2 2.5 SINCE DEC 1 40.7 27.1 13.6 4.3 SINCE JUL 1 40.7 29.2 11.5 4.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 34 -2 36 MONTH TO DATE 532 595 -63 706 SINCE DEC 1 2508 2631 -123 2432 SINCE JUL 1 3425 3675 -250 3307 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 S (190) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1100 PM LOWEST 42 1200 AM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 66 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -4 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2008......SUNRISE 637 AM EST SUNSET 520 PM EST FEBRUARY 19 2008......SUNRISE 636 AM EST SUNSET 521 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$