000 CDUS41 KBOX 090520 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 120 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 74 1205 PM 96 1983 82 -8 91 MINIMUM 63 1159 PM 52 1903 66 -3 68 AVERAGE 69 74 -5 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.31 1.94 1874 0.11 1.20 0.28 MONTH TO DATE 2.61 0.84 1.77 0.52 SINCE JUN 1 12.07 7.12 4.95 7.90 SINCE JAN 1 33.08 25.03 8.05 27.39 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 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 27 52 -25 50 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 9 -5 15 MONTH TO DATE 42 72 -30 100 SINCE JUN 1 555 493 62 512 SINCE JAN 1 570 530 40 584 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 73 1100 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 99 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 53 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2008........SUNRISE 545 AM EDT SUNSET 753 PM EDT AUGUST 10 2008........SUNRISE 546 AM EDT SUNSET 752 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$