655 CDUS41 KBOX 020534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 132 AM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 1 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 87 MM 98 1975 82 5 80 MINIMUM 72 MM 54 1891 66 6 66 AVERAGE 80 74 6 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.58 1985 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.10 -0.10 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 6.20 6.38 -0.18 7.12 SINCE JAN 1 22.29 24.29 -2.00 20.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 90.0 2001 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 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 82 52 30 20 SINCE JUL 1 1 4 -3 2 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 9 6 8 MONTH TO DATE 15 9 6 8 SINCE JUN 1 472 430 42 378 SINCE JAN 1 498 467 31 444 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 800 PM LOWEST 43 1100 AM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 102 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 54 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 2 2002........SUNRISE 537 AM EDT SUNSET 803 PM EDT AUGUST 3 2002........SUNRISE 539 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.