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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
129 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008


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...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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         75    259 PM  98    1937  80     -5       68       
  MINIMUM         56    524 AM  52    1905  64     -8       56       
                                      1896                          
                                      1882                          
  AVERAGE         66                        72     -6       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.10 1894   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.47                      2.16   2.31     0.65    
  SINCE JUN 1     13.93                      8.44   5.49     8.03    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.94                     26.35   8.59    27.52    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1951   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  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        3       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        5       
  SINCE JUN 1     27                        52    -25       55       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         4     -4        5       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         7     -6        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  109                       167    -58      171       
  SINCE JUN 1    622                       588     34      583       
  SINCE JAN 1    637                       625     12      655       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED  11   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (310)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.1                                         

                                                                      
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    66           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    51                                                       

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THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        97      1955                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        52      1882                    
                                             1876                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 21 2008........SUNRISE   558 AM EDT   SUNSET   735 PM EDT   
AUGUST 22 2008........SUNRISE   559 AM EDT   SUNSET   734 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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