000 CDUS41 KBOX 310548 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 146 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 79 421 PM 99 1973 77 2 89 MINIMUM 67 644 AM 48 1965 62 5 67 AVERAGE 73 70 3 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.65 1872 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 3.26 1.21 0.65 SINCE JUN 1 13.93 9.54 4.39 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 34.94 27.45 7.49 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 7 -7 12 SINCE JUN 1 27 59 -32 62 SINCE JUL 1 0 11 -11 12 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 5 3 13 MONTH TO DATE 155 230 -75 252 SINCE JUN 1 668 651 17 664 SINCE JAN 1 683 688 -5 736 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 800 PM LOWEST 62 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 97 1953 1881 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 47 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2008........SUNRISE 609 AM EDT SUNSET 719 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 1 2008.....SUNRISE 610 AM EDT SUNSET 717 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$