000 CDUS41 KBOX 220559 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1242 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 41 309 PM 63 1906 40 1 53 MINIMUM 33 158 AM -1 1950 25 8 29 AVERAGE 37 33 4 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.45 1898 0.12 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.45 2.46 -1.01 3.01 SINCE DEC 1 7.52 10.11 -2.59 10.12 SINCE JAN 1 2.46 6.38 -3.92 4.82 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.5 1947 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.4 8.5 -6.1 41.6 SINCE DEC 1 28.8 28.7 0.1 56.9 SINCE JUL 1 28.8 31.5 -2.7 60.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 33 -5 24 MONTH TO DATE 709 728 -19 807 SINCE DEC 1 2969 2764 205 3051 SINCE JUL 1 3933 3808 125 4148 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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 M900 AM LOWEST 75 1200 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 66 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 2 1918 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2004......SUNRISE 631 AM EST SUNSET 525 PM EST FEBRUARY 23 2004......SUNRISE 630 AM EST SUNSET 526 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$