000 CDUS41 KBOX 260531 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1227 AM EST THU FEB 26 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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 36 216 PM 65 1930 41 -5 47 MINIMUM 22 654 AM -6 1894 26 -4 26 AVERAGE 29 34 -5 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.15 1981 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.75 2.94 -1.19 7.47 SINCE DEC 1 12.45 10.59 1.86 15.41 SINCE JAN 1 5.35 6.86 -1.51 10.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 9.0 1966 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 6.2 10.1 -3.9 13.6 SINCE DEC 1 55.2 30.3 24.9 49.6 SINCE JUL 1 55.2 32.4 22.8 49.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 32 4 28 MONTH TO DATE 825 857 -32 783 SINCE DEC 1 2963 2893 70 2759 SINCE JUL 1 4038 3937 101 3676 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 0 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 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 78 600 PM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 68 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -1 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2009......SUNRISE 624 AM EST SUNSET 531 PM EST FEBRUARY 27 2009......SUNRISE 622 AM EST SUNSET 532 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$