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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
142 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 26 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         70    118 PM  96    1989  83    -13       78       
  MINIMUM         58    502 AM  56    1920  66     -8       58       
  AVERAGE         64                        75    -11       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.24 1900   0.10  -0.10     0.21    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.33                      2.56  -1.23     2.13    
  SINCE JUN 1      6.11                      5.78   0.33     7.12    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.20                     23.69  -1.49    20.45    
                                                                     
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        1                         0      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         4     -3        1       
  SINCE JUN 1     82                        52     30       19       
  SINCE JUL 1      1                         4     -3        1       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                        10    -10        3       
  MONTH TO DATE  261                       234     27      151       
  SINCE JUN 1    394                       373     21      361       
  SINCE JAN 1    420                       410     10      427       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        98      1882                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        52      1876                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 27 2002..........SUNRISE   531 AM EDT   SUNSET   809 PM EDT   
JULY 28 2002..........SUNRISE   532 AM EDT   SUNSET   808 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.