000 CDUS41 KBOX 180539 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 136 AM EDT TUE AUG 18 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 94 218 PM 97 1944 80 14 82 MINIMUM 72 501 AM 51 1934 65 7 66 AVERAGE 83 72 11 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.92 1909 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.15 1.83 -1.68 4.46 SINCE JUN 1 10.27 8.11 2.16 13.92 SINCE JAN 1 25.14 26.02 -0.88 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 18 8 10 9 MONTH TO DATE 154 146 8 90 SINCE JUN 1 378 567 -189 603 SINCE JAN 1 424 604 -180 618 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 95 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 53 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2009........SUNRISE 555 AM EDT SUNSET 740 PM EDT AUGUST 19 2009........SUNRISE 556 AM EDT SUNSET 739 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$