000 CDUS41 KBOX 160536 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 134 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 75 1220 PM 98 1944 80 -5 86 MINIMUM 65 1159 PM 52 1964 65 0 62 AVERAGE 70 73 -3 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.35 1.90 1930 0.11 0.24 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.46 1.61 2.85 0.61 SINCE JUN 1 13.92 7.89 6.03 7.99 SINCE JAN 1 34.93 25.80 9.13 27.48 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 2 SINCE JUN 1 27 52 -25 52 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 2 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 8 -3 9 MONTH TO DATE 73 130 -57 146 SINCE JUN 1 586 551 35 558 SINCE JAN 1 601 588 13 630 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 PM LOWEST 68 1200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 97 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 47 1880 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2008........SUNRISE 553 AM EDT SUNSET 743 PM EDT AUGUST 17 2008........SUNRISE 554 AM EDT SUNSET 742 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$