000 CDUS41 KBOX 290535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1232 AM EST FRI FEB 29 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 28 458 PM 63 1976 42 -14 41 MINIMUM 17 1159 PM 2 1907 27 -10 30 AVERAGE 23 34 -11 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.01 1958 0.12 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.94 3.30 4.64 2.20 SINCE DEC 1 15.88 10.95 4.93 6.66 SINCE JAN 1 10.63 7.22 3.41 4.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.5 6.6 1948 0.4 0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 15.0 11.3 3.7 4.6 SINCE DEC 1 51.0 31.5 19.5 6.4 SINCE JUL 1 51.0 33.6 17.4 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 42 31 11 29 MONTH TO DATE 887 951 -64 1081 SINCE DEC 1 2863 2987 -124 2807 SINCE JUL 1 3780 4031 -251 3682 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 NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 1200 AM LOWEST 38 600 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 64 1880 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 3 1884 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2008......SUNRISE 620 AM EST SUNSET 533 PM EST MARCH 1 2008.........SUNRISE 619 AM EST SUNSET 534 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$