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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
101 AM EST WED FEB 18 2004

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         30   1105 PM  61    1981  39     -9       28       
  MINIMUM         14    715 AM -11    1896  24    -10       14       
  AVERAGE         22                        32    -10       21      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.60 1952   0.11  -0.11     1.57    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.44                      2.00  -0.56     2.81    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.51                      9.65  -2.14     9.92    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.45                      5.92  -3.47     4.62    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          23.6  2003   0.4   -0.4     23.6     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.4                       6.9   -4.5     37.6     
  SINCE DEC 1     28.8                      27.1    1.7     52.9     
  SINCE JUL 1     28.8                      29.9   -1.1     56.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       43                        34      9       44       
  MONTH TO DATE  584                       595    -11      683       
  SINCE DEC 1   2844                      2631    213     2927       
  SINCE JUL 1   3808                      3675    133     4024       
                                                                     
 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   4   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  NE (50)       
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
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    78          M800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     34          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        64      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   25        -4      1958                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2004......SUNRISE   637 AM EST   SUNSET   520 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 19 2004......SUNRISE   636 AM EST   SUNSET   521 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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