000 CDUS41 KBOX 270629 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 217 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 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 76 716 PM 99 1948 78 -2 85 MINIMUM 67 535 AM 50 1942 63 4 65 AVERAGE 72 71 1 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.15 1924 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.89 2.82 0.07 1.24 SINCE JUN 1 9.69 9.10 0.59 7.44 SINCE JAN 1 27.86 27.01 0.85 23.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 3 -2 2 SINCE JUN 1 80 55 25 84 SINCE JUL 1 3 7 -4 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 6 1 10 MONTH TO DATE 268 207 61 322 SINCE JUN 1 660 628 32 779 SINCE JAN 1 666 665 1 805 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 68 800 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 100 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 47 1880 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 27 2003........SUNRISE 604 AM EDT SUNSET 727 PM EDT AUGUST 28 2003........SUNRISE 605 AM EDT SUNSET 725 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.