000 
CDUS41 KBOX 290550
CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
137 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003

................................... 

...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 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    402 PM  99    1948  78     -2       69       
  MINIMUM         61   1154 PM  47    1885  62     -1       63       
  AVERAGE         69                        70     -1       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.31 1891   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.89                      3.04  -0.15     1.24    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.69                      9.32   0.37     7.44    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.86                     27.23   0.63    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                         5     -4        2       
  SINCE JUN 1     80                        57     23       84       
  SINCE JUL 1      3                         9     -6        3       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         6     -2        1       
  MONTH TO DATE  286                       219     67      330       
  SINCE JUN 1    678                       640     38      787       
  SINCE JAN 1    684                       677      7      813       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   8   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NW (320)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     41           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        96      1953                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        47      1986                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 29 2003........SUNRISE   606 AM EDT   SUNSET   724 PM EDT   
AUGUST 30 2003........SUNRISE   607 AM EDT   SUNSET   722 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.