071 CDUS41 KBOX 300553 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 151 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 65 927 AM 96 1953 78 -13 82 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 47 1986 62 -1 64 AVERAGE 63 70 -7 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.84 1.69 1962 0.11 0.73 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.08 3.15 -1.07 4.14 SINCE JUN 1 8.28 9.43 -1.15 11.26 SINCE JAN 1 24.37 27.34 -2.97 24.59 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 2 1 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 6 -2 1 SINCE JUN 1 86 58 28 21 SINCE JUL 1 5 10 -5 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 8 MONTH TO DATE 330 225 105 269 SINCE JUN 1 787 646 141 639 SINCE JAN 1 813 683 130 705 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 1100 PM LOWEST 78 200 AM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 99 1973 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 48 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2002........SUNRISE 607 AM EDT SUNSET 722 PM EDT AUGUST 31 2002........SUNRISE 608 AM EDT SUNSET 720 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.