000 CDUS41 KBOX 170526 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1226 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 35 207 PM 60 1910 39 -4 31 1882 MINIMUM 25 719 AM -9 1943 24 1 20 AVERAGE 30 32 -2 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.64 1958 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.54 1.89 -1.35 6.18 SINCE DEC 1 11.24 9.54 1.70 14.12 SINCE JAN 1 4.14 5.81 -1.67 8.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 19.3 1958 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.1 6.5 -1.4 4.7 SINCE DEC 1 54.1 26.7 27.4 40.7 SINCE JUL 1 54.1 28.8 25.3 40.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 34 1 39 MONTH TO DATE 525 561 -36 500 SINCE DEC 1 2663 2597 66 2476 SINCE JUL 1 3738 3641 97 3393 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 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 78 800 PM LOWEST 51 1100 AM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 61 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -11 1896 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 17 2009......SUNRISE 638 AM EST SUNSET 519 PM EST FEBRUARY 18 2009......SUNRISE 636 AM EST SUNSET 521 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$