000 CDUS41 KBOX 060520 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 119 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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 71 327 PM 100 1955 82 -11 76 MINIMUM 66 1159 PM 54 1972 66 0 67 AVERAGE 69 74 -5 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.49 1952 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.88 0.51 0.37 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 10.34 6.79 3.55 7.38 SINCE JAN 1 31.35 24.70 6.65 26.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 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 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 27 52 -25 50 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 9 -5 7 MONTH TO DATE 36 45 -9 74 SINCE JUN 1 549 466 83 486 SINCE JAN 1 564 503 61 558 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 300 AM LOWEST 66 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 97 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 52 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 6 2008........SUNRISE 542 AM EDT SUNSET 757 PM EDT AUGUST 7 2008........SUNRISE 543 AM EDT SUNSET 756 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$