000 CDUS41 KBOX 210546 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1245 AM EST THU FEB 21 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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 31 421 PM 68 1930 40 -9 49 MINIMUM 24 1159 PM 0 1950 25 -1 20 AVERAGE 28 32 -4 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.87 1934 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 6.72 2.34 4.38 1.87 SINCE DEC 1 14.66 9.99 4.67 6.33 SINCE JAN 1 9.41 6.26 3.15 4.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 16.5 1921 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.7 8.1 -3.4 2.5 SINCE DEC 1 40.7 28.3 12.4 4.3 SINCE JUL 1 40.7 30.4 10.3 4.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 37 33 4 30 MONTH TO DATE 610 695 -85 824 SINCE DEC 1 2586 2731 -145 2550 SINCE JUL 1 3503 3775 -272 3425 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 (280) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 50 100 AM LOWEST 33 100 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 63 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -1 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 21 2008......SUNRISE 633 AM EST SUNSET 523 PM EST FEBRUARY 22 2008......SUNRISE 631 AM EST SUNSET 525 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$