000 CDUS41 KBOX 310541 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 135 AM EDT MON AUG 31 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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 72 555 PM 99 1973 77 -5 79 MINIMUM 56 541 AM 48 1965 62 -6 67 AVERAGE 64 70 -6 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.65 1872 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 3.24 3.26 -0.02 4.47 SINCE JUN 1 13.36 9.54 3.82 13.93 SINCE JAN 1 28.23 27.45 0.78 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 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 7 -2 0 SINCE JUN 1 96 59 37 27 SINCE JUL 1 18 11 7 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 8 MONTH TO DATE 280 230 50 155 SINCE JUN 1 504 651 -147 668 SINCE JAN 1 550 688 -138 683 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 78 200 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 97 1953 1881 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 47 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 31 2009........SUNRISE 608 AM EDT SUNSET 720 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 1 2009.....SUNRISE 609 AM EDT SUNSET 718 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$