000 CDUS41 KBOX 080520 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 120 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7 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 71 439 PM 98 1924 82 -11 74 MINIMUM 63 433 AM 55 1964 66 -3 65 1885 1883 AVERAGE 67 74 -7 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 1.73 1908 0.11 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.30 0.73 0.57 0.24 SINCE JUN 1 10.76 7.01 3.75 7.62 SINCE JAN 1 31.77 24.92 6.85 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 2 9 -7 5 MONTH TO DATE 38 63 -25 85 SINCE JUN 1 551 484 67 497 SINCE JAN 1 566 521 45 569 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 PM LOWEST 76 200 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 96 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 52 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 8 2008........SUNRISE 544 AM EDT SUNSET 754 PM EDT AUGUST 9 2008........SUNRISE 545 AM EDT SUNSET 753 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$