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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
135 AM EDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 10 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         88    229 PM 101    1949  81      7       94       
  MINIMUM         67    432 AM  53    1964  66      1       74       
  AVERAGE         78                        73      5       84      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.97 1917   0.11  -0.11     0.48    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      1.06  -0.95     2.09    
  SINCE JUN 1      6.31                      7.34  -1.03     9.21    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.40                     25.25  -2.85    22.54    
                                                                     
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       19       
  MONTH TO DATE  118                        90     28      144       
  SINCE JUN 1    575                       511     64      514       
  SINCE JAN 1    601                       548     53      580       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    63           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    46                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        99      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        54      1879                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 11 2002........SUNRISE   547 AM EDT   SUNSET   751 PM EDT   
AUGUST 12 2002........SUNRISE   548 AM EDT   SUNSET   750 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.