000 CDUS41 KBOX 220519 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1219 AM EST FRI FEB 22 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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 31 331 PM 63 1906 40 -9 45 MINIMUM 20 705 AM -1 1950 25 -5 34 AVERAGE 26 33 -7 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.45 1898 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 6.72 2.46 4.26 1.87 SINCE DEC 1 14.66 10.11 4.55 6.33 SINCE JAN 1 9.41 6.38 3.03 4.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.5 1947 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.7 8.5 -3.8 2.5 SINCE DEC 1 40.7 28.7 12.0 4.3 SINCE JUL 1 40.7 30.8 9.9 4.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 33 6 25 MONTH TO DATE 649 728 -79 849 SINCE DEC 1 2625 2764 -139 2575 SINCE JUL 1 3542 3808 -266 3450 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 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 56 700 AM LOWEST 25 500 PM AVERAGE 41 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 66 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 2 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2008......SUNRISE 631 AM EST SUNSET 525 PM EST FEBRUARY 23 2008......SUNRISE 630 AM EST SUNSET 526 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$