000 CDUS41 KBOX 010549 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 143 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 31 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 85 MM 98 1917 82 3 81 MINIMUM 66 MM 54 1895 66 0 68 AVERAGE 76 74 2 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 1.85 1876 0.10 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.00 3.06 2.94 5.26 SINCE JUN 1 9.46 6.28 3.18 7.38 SINCE JAN 1 30.47 24.19 6.28 26.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1954 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE JUN 1 27 52 -25 50 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 10 MONTH TO DATE 318 282 36 253 SINCE JUN 1 513 421 92 412 SINCE JAN 1 528 458 70 484 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 700 AM LOWEST 55 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 98 1975 1955 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 54 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 1 2008........SUNRISE 537 AM EDT SUNSET 803 PM EDT AUGUST 2 2008........SUNRISE 538 AM EDT SUNSET 802 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$