000 CDUS41 KBOX 300545 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 140 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 75 200 PM 96 1953 78 -3 82 MINIMUM 62 508 AM 47 1986 62 0 64 1908 AVERAGE 69 70 -1 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.69 1962 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 3.15 1.32 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 13.93 9.43 4.50 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 27.34 7.60 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 6 -6 12 SINCE JUN 1 27 58 -31 62 SINCE JUL 1 0 10 -10 12 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 6 -2 8 MONTH TO DATE 147 225 -78 239 SINCE JUN 1 660 646 14 651 SINCE JAN 1 675 683 -8 723 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 500 PM LOWEST 60 100 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 99 1973 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 48 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2008........SUNRISE 608 AM EDT SUNSET 721 PM EDT AUGUST 31 2008........SUNRISE 609 AM EDT SUNSET 719 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$