000 CDUS41 KBOX 240526 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1226 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 34 710 PM 65 1990 40 -6 34 MINIMUM 25 728 AM -3 1876 26 -1 18 AVERAGE 30 33 -3 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.36 1884 0.12 -0.12 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 7.47 2.70 4.77 1.90 SINCE DEC 1 15.41 10.35 5.06 6.36 SINCE JAN 1 10.16 6.62 3.54 4.47 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.5 1994 0.4 -0.4 0.5 MONTH TO DATE 13.6 9.3 4.3 3.0 SINCE DEC 1 49.6 29.5 20.1 4.8 SINCE JUL 1 49.6 31.6 18.0 4.8 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 32 3 39 MONTH TO DATE 721 793 -72 919 SINCE DEC 1 2697 2829 -132 2645 SINCE JUL 1 3614 3873 -259 3520 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 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 200 AM LOWEST 56 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 70 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -7 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2008......SUNRISE 628 AM EST SUNSET 527 PM EST FEBRUARY 25 2008......SUNRISE 627 AM EST SUNSET 528 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$