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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
746 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2004

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...THE HARTFORD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 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         42        MM  65    1976  41      1       20        
  MINIMUM         23        MM  -4    1990  23      0        5        
  AVERAGE         33                        32      1       13      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.17 1939   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.76                      2.74  -0.98     3.39    
  SINCE DEC 1      8.19                     10.18  -1.99     9.33    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.23                      6.58  -3.35     5.55    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.4  1934   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    4.0                      10.2   -6.2     21.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     38.5                      32.9    5.6     50.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     38.5                      36.4    2.1     61.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        34     -2       52       
  MONTH TO DATE  947                       958    -11     1064       
  SINCE DEC 1   3364                      3230    134     3503       
  SINCE JUL 1   4495                      4475     20     4760       
                                                                     
 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   7   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   N (0)        
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM            
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    68           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28          1100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       
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THE HARTFORD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        65      1997                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23        -2      1990                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 27 2004......SUNRISE   630 AM EST   SUNSET   538 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 28 2004......SUNRISE   628 AM EST   SUNSET   539 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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