000 CDUS41 KBOX 220538 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 78 235 PM 97 1955 79 -1 67 MINIMUM 59 519 AM 52 1882 64 -5 55 1876 AVERAGE 69 72 -3 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.72 1991 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 2.27 2.20 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 13.93 8.55 5.38 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 26.46 8.48 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 4 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 9 SINCE JUN 1 27 52 -25 59 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 9 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 7 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 113 174 -61 171 SINCE JUN 1 626 595 31 583 SINCE JAN 1 641 632 9 655 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 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 73 700 PM LOWEST 39 100 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 93 2003 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 47 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2008........SUNRISE 559 AM EDT SUNSET 734 PM EDT AUGUST 23 2008........SUNRISE 600 AM EDT SUNSET 732 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$