165 CDUS41 KBOX 230550 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1246 AM EST MON FEB 23 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 42 357 PM 66 1997 40 2 40 MINIMUM 33 1159 PM 2 1918 26 7 35 AVERAGE 38 33 5 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.84 1878 0.12 -0.12 0.69 MONTH TO DATE 1.45 2.58 -1.13 3.70 SINCE DEC 1 7.52 10.23 -2.71 10.81 SINCE JAN 1 2.46 6.50 -4.04 5.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 9.0 1893 0.4 -0.4 T MONTH TO DATE 2.4 8.9 -6.5 41.6 SINCE DEC 1 28.8 29.1 -0.3 56.9 SINCE JUL 1 28.8 31.9 -3.1 60.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 33 -6 27 MONTH TO DATE 736 761 -25 834 SINCE DEC 1 2996 2797 199 3078 SINCE JUL 1 3960 3841 119 4175 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 NW (310) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 46 M500 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 65 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -3 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2004......SUNRISE 630 AM EST SUNSET 526 PM EST FEBRUARY 24 2004......SUNRISE 628 AM EST SUNSET 527 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$