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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
129 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008


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...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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         78    235 PM  97    1955  79     -1       67       
  MINIMUM         59    519 AM  52    1882  64     -5       55       
                                      1876                          
  AVERAGE         69                        72     -3       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.72 1991   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.47                      2.27   2.20     0.65    
  SINCE JUN 1     13.93                      8.55   5.38     8.03    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.94                     26.46   8.48    27.52    
                                                                     
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        4       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        9       
  SINCE JUN 1     27                        52    -25       59       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         4     -4        9       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         7     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  113                       174    -61      171       
  SINCE JUN 1    626                       595     31      583       
  SINCE JAN 1    641                       632      9      655       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   2   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  SW (230)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         

                                                                      
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    73           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     39           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       

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THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        93      2003                    
                                             1955                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        47      1894                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 22 2008........SUNRISE   559 AM EDT   SUNSET   734 PM EDT   
AUGUST 23 2008........SUNRISE   600 AM EDT   SUNSET   732 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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