000 CDUS41 KBOX 160533 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 132 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 87 222 PM 98 1944 80 7 75 MINIMUM 66 526 AM 52 1964 65 1 65 AVERAGE 77 73 4 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.90 1930 0.11 -0.11 0.35 MONTH TO DATE 0.15 1.61 -1.46 4.46 SINCE JUN 1 10.27 7.89 2.38 13.92 SINCE JAN 1 25.14 25.80 -0.66 34.93 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 91 52 39 27 SINCE JUL 1 13 4 9 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 8 4 5 MONTH TO DATE 122 130 -8 73 SINCE JUN 1 346 551 -205 586 SINCE JAN 1 392 588 -196 601 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 97 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 47 1880 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2009........SUNRISE 552 AM EDT SUNSET 743 PM EDT AUGUST 17 2009........SUNRISE 554 AM EDT SUNSET 742 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$