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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
1243 AM EST MON FEB 3 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2 2003...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2003

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         39   1159 PM  55    1988  37      2       38       
  MINIMUM         33    633 AM  -5    1881  22     11       24       
  AVERAGE         36                        29      7       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.46          1.29 1999   0.12   0.34     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.56                      0.24   0.32     0.33    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.67                      7.89  -0.22     6.30    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.37                      4.16  -1.79     3.47    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.1          11.1  1974   0.4    0.7      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.3                       0.9    0.4      0.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     16.6                      21.1   -4.5     12.9     
  SINCE JUL 1     20.2                      23.9   -3.7     12.9     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       29                        36     -7       34       
  MONTH TO DATE   61                        72    -11       64       
  SINCE DEC 1   2305                      2108    197     1684       
  SINCE JUL 1   3402                      3152    250     2532       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED  16   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (310)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     64           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    82                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        59      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   22        -5      1881                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  3 2003......SUNRISE   656 AM EST   SUNSET   500 PM EST   
FEBRUARY  4 2003......SUNRISE   655 AM EST   SUNSET   502 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.