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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
152 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         85    245 PM  97    1944  80      5       73       
  MINIMUM         68   1159 PM  51    1934  65      3       60       
  AVERAGE         77                        72      5       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.92 1909   0.11  -0.11     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.17                      1.83   0.34     2.87    
  SINCE JUN 1      7.00                      8.11  -1.11     8.69    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.19                     26.02  -0.83    27.18    
                                                                     
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       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        1       
  SINCE JUN 1     76                        52     24       55       
  SINCE JUL 1     10                         4      6        3       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                         8      4        2       
  MONTH TO DATE  191                       146     45      123       
  SINCE JUN 1    641                       567     74      425       
  SINCE JAN 1    647                       604     43      452       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   4   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (300)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        95      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        53      1918                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE   555 AM EDT   SUNSET   740 PM EDT   
AUGUST 19 2005........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.                                          


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