000 CDUS41 KBOX 190534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 87 246 PM 95 2002 80 7 74 MINIMUM 69 429 AM 53 1918 64 5 58 AVERAGE 78 72 6 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.88 1955 0.11 -0.11 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 4.46 1.94 2.52 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 13.92 8.22 5.70 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 34.93 26.13 8.80 27.52 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 13 7 6 1 MONTH TO DATE 103 153 -50 170 SINCE JUN 1 616 574 42 582 SINCE JAN 1 631 611 20 654 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 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 42 100 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 92 1983 1966 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 51 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 19 2008........SUNRISE 556 AM EDT SUNSET 739 PM EDT AUGUST 20 2008........SUNRISE 557 AM EDT SUNSET 737 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$