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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
235 AM EDT THU AUG 17 2006

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 2006...

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         83   1225 PM  97    1944  80      3       71       
  MINIMUM         66    506 AM  47    1880  65      1       60       
  AVERAGE         75                        73      2       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.77 1872   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.90                      1.72  -0.82     2.17    
  SINCE JUN 1     14.57                      8.00   6.57     7.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.68                     25.91  10.77    25.19    
                                                                     
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                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     55                        52      3       76       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         4     -4       10       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                         8      2        1       
  MONTH TO DATE  161                       138     23      179       
  SINCE JUN 1    662                       559    103      629       
  SINCE JAN 1    682                       596     86      635       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   1   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (250)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     42          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        97      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        51      1934                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 17 2006........SUNRISE   553 AM EDT   SUNSET   742 PM EDT   
AUGUST 18 2006........SUNRISE   554 AM EDT   SUNSET   741 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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