000 CDUS41 KBOX 210547 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 145 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 80 1205 AM 98 1937 80 0 75 MINIMUM 71 833 PM 52 1905 64 7 56 1896 1882 AVERAGE 76 72 4 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.28 2.10 1894 0.11 0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.43 2.16 -1.73 4.47 SINCE JUN 1 10.55 8.44 2.11 13.93 SINCE JAN 1 25.42 26.35 -0.93 34.94 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1951 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 11 7 4 1 MONTH TO DATE 202 167 35 109 SINCE JUN 1 426 588 -162 622 SINCE JAN 1 472 625 -153 637 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 PM LOWEST 67 1200 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 97 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 52 1882 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2009........SUNRISE 558 AM EDT SUNSET 736 PM EDT AUGUST 22 2009........SUNRISE 559 AM EDT SUNSET 734 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$