000 CDUS41 KBOX 280537 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 132 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 73 219 PM 100 1948 78 -5 76 MINIMUM 58 434 AM 47 1880 63 -5 64 AVERAGE 66 70 -4 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.19 1946 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 2.93 1.54 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 13.93 9.21 4.72 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 27.12 7.82 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 12 SINCE JUN 1 27 56 -29 62 SINCE JUL 1 0 8 -8 12 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 6 -5 5 MONTH TO DATE 139 213 -74 226 SINCE JUN 1 652 634 18 638 SINCE JAN 1 667 671 -4 710 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 63 800 PM LOWEST 41 900 AM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 99 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 47 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2008........SUNRISE 605 AM EDT SUNSET 724 PM EDT AUGUST 29 2008........SUNRISE 607 AM EDT SUNSET 722 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$