000 CDUS41 KBOX 290547 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 146 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 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 74 1155 AM 99 1948 78 -4 78 MINIMUM 63 1152 PM 47 1885 62 1 62 AVERAGE 69 70 -1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.31 1891 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 3.04 1.43 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 13.93 9.32 4.61 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 27.23 7.71 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 5 -5 12 SINCE JUN 1 27 57 -30 62 SINCE JUL 1 0 9 -9 12 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 6 -2 5 MONTH TO DATE 143 219 -76 231 SINCE JUN 1 656 640 16 643 SINCE JAN 1 671 677 -6 715 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 600 AM LOWEST 46 1200 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 96 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 47 1986 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 29 2008........SUNRISE 607 AM EDT SUNSET 722 PM EDT AUGUST 30 2008........SUNRISE 608 AM EDT SUNSET 721 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$