000 CDUS41 KBOX 200529 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1228 AM EST WED FEB 20 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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 45 216 PM 65 1961 39 6 22 MINIMUM 28 1159 PM 4 1936 25 3 8 1903 1885 AVERAGE 37 32 5 15 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.40 1972 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.72 2.22 4.50 1.87 SINCE DEC 1 14.66 9.87 4.79 6.33 SINCE JAN 1 9.41 6.14 3.27 4.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 90.0 2001 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.7 7.7 -3.0 2.5 SINCE DEC 1 40.7 27.9 12.8 4.3 SINCE JUL 1 40.7 30.0 10.7 4.3 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 33 -5 50 MONTH TO DATE 573 662 -89 794 SINCE DEC 1 2549 2698 -149 2520 SINCE JUL 1 3466 3742 -276 3395 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 700 AM LOWEST 33 500 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 68 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 0 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 20 2008......SUNRISE 634 AM EST SUNSET 522 PM EST FEBRUARY 21 2008......SUNRISE 633 AM EST SUNSET 523 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$