000 CDUS41 KBOX 180532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 127 AM EDT MON AUG 18 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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 82 450 PM 97 1944 80 2 80 MINIMUM 66 538 AM 51 1934 65 1 67 AVERAGE 74 72 2 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.92 1909 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 4.46 1.83 2.63 0.61 SINCE JUN 1 13.92 8.11 5.81 7.99 SINCE JAN 1 34.93 26.02 8.91 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 9 8 1 9 MONTH TO DATE 90 146 -56 169 SINCE JUN 1 603 567 36 581 SINCE JAN 1 618 604 14 653 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 200 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 95 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 53 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2008........SUNRISE 555 AM EDT SUNSET 740 PM EDT AUGUST 19 2008........SUNRISE 556 AM EDT SUNSET 739 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$