000 CDUS41 KBOX 290540 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 136 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 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 70 217 PM 99 1948 78 -8 74 MINIMUM 59 1159 PM 47 1885 62 -3 63 AVERAGE 65 70 -5 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 1.31 1891 0.11 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.59 3.04 -1.45 4.47 SINCE JUN 1 11.71 9.32 2.39 13.93 SINCE JAN 1 26.58 27.23 -0.65 34.94 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 0 SINCE JUN 1 91 57 34 27 SINCE JUL 1 13 9 4 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 4 MONTH TO DATE 280 219 61 143 SINCE JUN 1 504 640 -136 656 SINCE JAN 1 550 677 -127 671 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 500 PM LOWEST 55 900 AM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 96 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 47 1986 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 29 2009........SUNRISE 606 AM EDT SUNSET 723 PM EDT AUGUST 30 2009........SUNRISE 607 AM EDT SUNSET 721 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$