494 CDUS41 KBOX 230538 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1236 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 46 1255 PM 66 1997 40 6 42 MINIMUM 30 322 AM 2 1918 26 4 29 AVERAGE 38 33 5 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.84 1878 0.12 -0.12 0.78 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.58 -1.71 1.75 SINCE DEC 1 7.69 10.23 -2.54 12.45 SINCE JAN 1 3.78 6.50 -2.72 5.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 9.0 1893 0.4 -0.4 T MONTH TO DATE 6.9 8.9 -2.0 6.2 SINCE DEC 1 35.3 29.1 6.2 55.2 SINCE JUL 1 35.4 31.2 4.2 55.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 33 -6 29 MONTH TO DATE 720 761 -41 717 SINCE DEC 1 2792 2797 -5 2855 SINCE JUL 1 3774 3841 -67 3930 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 800 PM LOWEST 45 1200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 65 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -3 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2010......SUNRISE 629 AM EST SUNSET 527 PM EST FEBRUARY 24 2010......SUNRISE 628 AM EST SUNSET 528 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$