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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
1244 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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         40   1203 AM  66    1997  40      0       50       
  MINIMUM         35    744 PM   2    1918  26      9       38       
  AVERAGE         38                        33      5       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.69          1.84 1878   0.12   0.57     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.70                      2.58   1.12     1.27    
  SINCE DEC 1     10.81                     10.23   0.58     7.24    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.51                      6.50  -0.99     4.41    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             9.0  1893   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   41.6                       8.9   32.7      0.2     
  SINCE DEC 1     56.9                      29.1   27.8     13.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     60.5                      31.9   28.6     13.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       7                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                        33     -6       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  834                       761     73      644       
  SINCE DEC 1   3078                      2797    281     2264       
  SINCE JUL 1   4175                      3841    334     3112       
                                                                     
 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   5   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NE (60)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           300 PM                                     
 LOWEST     54          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        65      1990                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   26        -3      1876                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 23 2003......SUNRISE   630 AM EST   SUNSET   526 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 24 2003......SUNRISE   628 AM EST   SUNSET   527 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.