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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
125 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 21 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         86    334 PM 102    1977  83      3       82       
  MINIMUM         62   1248 AM  52    1890  66     -4       60       
  AVERAGE         74                        75     -1       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.33 1938   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.87                      2.06  -1.19     1.92    
  SINCE JUN 1      5.65                      5.28   0.37     6.91    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.74                     23.19  -1.45    20.24    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1954   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        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        1       
  SINCE JUN 1     81                        52     29       19       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         4     -4        1       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                        10     -1        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  226                       184     42       83       
  SINCE JUN 1    359                       323     36      293       
  SINCE JAN 1    385                       360     25      359       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83       103      1926                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        55      1890                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 22 2002..........SUNRISE   527 AM EDT   SUNSET   814 PM EDT   
JULY 23 2002..........SUNRISE   528 AM EDT   SUNSET   813 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.