000 CDUS41 KBOX 180522 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1222 AM EST WED FEB 18 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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 37 221 PM 61 1981 39 -2 45 MINIMUM 24 720 AM -11 1896 24 0 21 AVERAGE 31 32 -1 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 1952 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 0.54 2.00 -1.46 6.18 SINCE DEC 1 11.24 9.65 1.59 14.12 SINCE JAN 1 4.14 5.92 -1.78 8.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 23.6 2003 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.1 6.9 -1.8 4.7 SINCE DEC 1 54.1 27.1 27.0 40.7 SINCE JUL 1 54.1 29.2 24.9 40.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 34 0 32 MONTH TO DATE 559 595 -36 532 SINCE DEC 1 2697 2631 66 2508 SINCE JUL 1 3772 3675 97 3425 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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 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 69 900 PM LOWEST 43 100 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 66 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -4 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2009......SUNRISE 636 AM EST SUNSET 521 PM EST FEBRUARY 19 2009......SUNRISE 635 AM EST SUNSET 522 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$