000 CDUS41 KBOX 200540 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 138 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 79 953 AM 92 1983 80 -1 74 1966 1906 MINIMUM 60 1159 PM 51 1882 64 -4 57 AVERAGE 70 72 -2 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 7.06 1955 0.11 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 2.05 2.42 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 13.93 8.33 5.60 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 26.24 8.70 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 5 7 -2 1 MONTH TO DATE 108 160 -52 171 SINCE JUN 1 621 581 40 583 SINCE JAN 1 636 618 18 655 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 500 AM LOWEST 44 500 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 98 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 52 1905 1896 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 20 2008........SUNRISE 557 AM EDT SUNSET 737 PM EDT AUGUST 21 2008........SUNRISE 558 AM EDT SUNSET 735 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$