000 CDUS41 KBOX 210530 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1227 AM EST THU FEB 21 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 50 348 PM 68 1930 39 11 54 MINIMUM 34 505 AM 0 1950 25 9 36 AVERAGE 42 32 10 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.87 1934 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.94 2.34 -1.40 1.09 SINCE DEC 1 6.91 9.99 -3.08 7.57 SINCE JAN 1 4.08 6.26 -2.18 2.76 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 16.5 1921 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.2 MM MM 6.0 SINCE DEC 1 13.1 MM MM 22.9 SINCE JUL 1 13.1 MM MM 22.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 34 -11 20 MONTH TO DATE 608 711 -103 648 SINCE DEC 1 2228 2812 -584 2831 SINCE JUL 1 3076 3802 -726 3931 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 700 PM LOWEST 38 1200 AM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 63 1906 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -1 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 21 2002......SUNRISE 632 AM EST SUNSET 524 PM EST FEBRUARY 22 2002......SUNRISE 631 AM EST SUNSET 525 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.