873 CDUS41 KBOX 030600 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 158 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2 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 86 MM 102 1975 82 4 92 MINIMUM 69 MM 54 1947 66 3 68 AVERAGE 78 74 4 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 1.97 1946 0.10 0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.20 -0.09 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 6.31 6.48 -0.17 7.12 SINCE JAN 1 22.40 24.39 -1.99 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 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 13 9 4 15 MONTH TO DATE 28 18 10 23 SINCE JUN 1 485 439 46 393 SINCE JAN 1 511 476 35 459 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 PM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 98 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 55 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 3 2002........SUNRISE 539 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT AUGUST 4 2002........SUNRISE 540 AM EDT SUNSET 800 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.