000 CDUS41 KBOX 240532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 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 78 522 PM 96 1880 79 -1 70 MINIMUM 62 503 AM 49 1886 64 -2 63 AVERAGE 70 71 -1 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.55 1970 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 2.49 1.98 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 13.93 8.77 5.16 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 26.68 8.26 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 12 SINCE JUN 1 27 52 -25 62 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 12 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 7 -2 2 MONTH TO DATE 124 188 -64 173 SINCE JUN 1 637 609 28 585 SINCE JAN 1 652 646 6 657 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 400 AM LOWEST 46 600 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 96 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 50 1873 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 24 2008........SUNRISE 601 AM EDT SUNSET 731 PM EDT AUGUST 25 2008........SUNRISE 602 AM EDT SUNSET 729 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$