983 CDUS41 KBOX 250553 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1242 AM EST TUE FEB 25 2003 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 36 409 PM 70 1985 40 -4 38 MINIMUM 24 657 AM -7 1894 26 -2 29 AVERAGE 30 33 -3 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.42 1969 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.21 2.82 1.39 1.27 SINCE DEC 1 11.32 10.47 0.85 7.24 SINCE JAN 1 6.02 6.74 -0.72 4.41 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 13.7 1969 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 41.6 9.7 31.9 0.2 SINCE DEC 1 56.9 29.9 27.0 13.1 SINCE JUL 1 60.5 32.7 27.8 13.1 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 32 3 31 MONTH TO DATE 899 825 74 702 SINCE DEC 1 3143 2861 282 2322 SINCE JUL 1 4240 3905 335 3170 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 500 PM LOWEST 41 1200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 65 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -6 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2003......SUNRISE 626 AM EST SUNSET 529 PM EST FEBRUARY 26 2003......SUNRISE 625 AM EST SUNSET 530 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.