000 CDUS41 KBOX 070521 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 121 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 6 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 66 339 PM 97 1931 82 -16 78 MINIMUM 63 1159 PM 52 1883 66 -3 63 AVERAGE 65 74 -9 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.28 2.60 1967 0.11 0.17 0.24 MONTH TO DATE 1.16 0.62 0.54 0.24 SINCE JUN 1 10.62 6.90 3.72 7.62 SINCE JAN 1 31.63 24.81 6.82 27.11 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 0 9 -9 6 MONTH TO DATE 36 54 -18 80 SINCE JUN 1 549 475 74 492 SINCE JAN 1 564 512 52 564 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 PM LOWEST 78 1200 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 98 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 55 1964 1885 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 7 2008........SUNRISE 543 AM EDT SUNSET 756 PM EDT AUGUST 8 2008........SUNRISE 544 AM EDT SUNSET 754 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$