000 CDUS41 KBOX 190522 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1221 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 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 62 240 PM 66 1981 39 23 34 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM -4 1958 25 17 19 AVERAGE 52 32 20 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.54 1.91 1998 0.11 0.43 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.72 2.11 4.61 1.87 SINCE DEC 1 14.66 9.76 4.90 6.33 SINCE JAN 1 9.41 6.03 3.38 4.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.2 1893 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.7 7.3 -2.6 2.5 SINCE DEC 1 40.7 27.5 13.2 4.3 SINCE JUL 1 40.7 29.6 11.1 4.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 34 -21 38 MONTH TO DATE 545 629 -84 744 SINCE DEC 1 2521 2665 -144 2470 SINCE JUL 1 3438 3709 -271 3345 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 16 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 61 800 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 65 1961 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 4 1936 1903 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 19 2008......SUNRISE 636 AM EST SUNSET 521 PM EST FEBRUARY 20 2008......SUNRISE 634 AM EST SUNSET 522 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$