000 CDUS41 KBOX 210520 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1220 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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 30 754 PM 68 1930 40 -10 31 MINIMUM 23 731 AM 0 1950 25 -2 24 AVERAGE 27 32 -5 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.87 1934 0.12 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 2.34 -1.37 6.72 SINCE DEC 1 11.67 9.99 1.68 14.66 SINCE JAN 1 4.57 6.26 -1.69 9.41 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.2 16.5 1921 0.4 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 6.2 8.1 -1.9 4.7 SINCE DEC 1 55.2 28.3 26.9 40.7 SINCE JUL 1 55.2 30.4 24.8 40.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 33 5 37 MONTH TO DATE 656 695 -39 610 SINCE DEC 1 2794 2731 63 2586 SINCE JUL 1 3869 3775 94 3503 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 19 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 1200 AM LOWEST 42 1200 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 63 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -1 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 21 2009......SUNRISE 632 AM EST SUNSET 524 PM EST FEBRUARY 22 2009......SUNRISE 630 AM EST SUNSET 526 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$