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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
839 PM EDT WED OCT 2 2002

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...THE HARTFORD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 2002...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0800 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         87    242 PM  91    1927  68     19       74       
  MINIMUM         62    504 AM  32    1960  45     17       39       
  AVERAGE         75                        57     18       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          2.71 1929   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.26  -0.26     0.06    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.00                      4.39  -1.39     3.17    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.31                     34.82  -6.51    29.80    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2000                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 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                                                             
  TODAY            0                         9     -9        8       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        17    -17       21       
  SINCE SEP 1     46                       137    -91      122       
  SINCE JUL 1     59                       152    -93      134       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY           10                         1      9        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   14                         2     12        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    119                        70     49       60       
  SINCE JAN 1    938                       755    183      769       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE HARTFORD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        85      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        32      1975                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  2 2002.......SUNRISE   649 AM EDT   SUNSET   631 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  3 2002.......SUNRISE   650 AM EDT   SUNSET   629 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.