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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
141 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 19 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         76   1248 PM  98    1982  83     -7       69       
  MINIMUM         64   1033 PM  54    1881  66     -2       59       
  AVERAGE         70                        74     -4       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.20          1.68 1882   0.09   0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.87                      1.86  -0.99     1.92    
  SINCE JUN 1      5.65                      5.08   0.57     6.91    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.74                     22.99  -1.25    20.24    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      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        1       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        1       
  SINCE JUN 1     81                        52     29       19       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         4     -4        1       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        10     -5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  215                       164     51       73       
  SINCE JUN 1    348                       303     45      283       
  SINCE JAN 1    374                       340     34      349       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     64           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        99      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        54      1890                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 20 2002..........SUNRISE   525 AM EDT   SUNSET   816 PM EDT   
JULY 21 2002..........SUNRISE   526 AM EDT   SUNSET   815 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.