000 CDUS41 KBOX 230534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 131 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 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 1215 PM 93 2003 79 0 69 1955 MINIMUM 62 512 AM 47 1894 64 -2 55 AVERAGE 71 71 0 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.36 1888 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 2.38 2.09 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 13.93 8.66 5.27 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 26.57 8.37 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 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 12 SINCE JUN 1 27 52 -25 62 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 12 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 7 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 119 181 -62 171 SINCE JUN 1 632 602 30 583 SINCE JAN 1 647 639 8 655 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 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 84 300 AM LOWEST 48 1100 AM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 96 1880 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 49 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 23 2008........SUNRISE 600 AM EDT SUNSET 732 PM EDT AUGUST 24 2008........SUNRISE 601 AM EDT SUNSET 731 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$