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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
138 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2008


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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         60   1006 AM  86    1879  66     -6       75       
  MINIMUM         48    500 AM  37    1895  50     -2       47       
  AVERAGE         54                        58     -4       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.77 2006   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.70                      1.51  -0.81     0.15    
  SINCE MAR 1      8.35                      8.96  -0.61    11.17    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.98                     16.18   2.80    15.94    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
                                      2000                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      1.0                      10.2   -9.2     10.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     52.0                      43.8    8.2     17.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         8      3        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  162                       137     25       79       
  SINCE MAR 1   1446                      1455     -9     1518       
  SINCE JUL 1   5273                      5486   -213     5200       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                         7     -5       19       
  SINCE MAR 1      4                        12     -8       23       
  SINCE JAN 1      4                        12     -8       23       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   5   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   E (100)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM            
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2                                         

                                                                      
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    66           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     33           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    50                                                       

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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        93      1900                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        36      1947                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 15 2008...........SUNRISE   522 AM EDT   SUNSET   759 PM EDT   
MAY 16 2008...........SUNRISE   521 AM EDT   SUNSET   800 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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