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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
126 AM EDT MON AUG 12 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 11 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         90    427 PM  99    1944  81      9       77       
  MINIMUM         69    553 AM  54    1879  65      4       66       
  AVERAGE         80                        73      7       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.80 1990   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      1.17  -1.06     2.09    
  SINCE JUN 1      6.31                      7.45  -1.14     9.21    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.40                     25.36  -2.96    22.54    
                                                                     
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                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     82                        52     30       20       
  SINCE JUL 1      1                         4     -3        2       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                         8      7        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  133                        98     35      151       
  SINCE JUN 1    590                       519     71      521       
  SINCE JAN 1    616                       556     60      587       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     41           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81       101      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        56      1979                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 12 2002........SUNRISE   548 AM EDT   SUNSET   750 PM EDT   
AUGUST 13 2002........SUNRISE   549 AM EDT   SUNSET   748 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.