000 CDUS41 KBOX 280610 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 108 AM EST THU FEB 28 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 57 203 AM 64 1957 41 16 43 MINIMUM 30 1159 PM -4 1900 27 3 29 AVERAGE 44 34 10 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.54 0.96 1912 0.12 0.42 T MONTH TO DATE 1.81 3.18 -1.37 1.39 SINCE DEC 1 7.78 10.83 -3.05 7.87 SINCE JAN 1 4.95 7.10 -2.15 3.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.3 4.5 1952 MM MM T MONTH TO DATE 0.5 MM MM 9.7 SINCE DEC 1 13.4 MM MM 26.6 SINCE JUL 1 13.4 MM MM 26.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 32 -11 29 MONTH TO DATE 764 940 -176 887 SINCE DEC 1 2384 3041 -657 3070 SINCE JUL 1 3232 4031 -799 4170 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 PM LOWEST 69 1000 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 63 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 2 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2002......SUNRISE 621 AM EST SUNSET 533 PM EST MARCH 1 2002.........SUNRISE 620 AM EST SUNSET 534 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.