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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
144 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004

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...THE HARTFORD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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         87    324 PM  97    1999  85      2       83       
  MINIMUM         62    509 AM  49    1954  63     -1       58       
  AVERAGE         75                        74      1       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          1.36 1988   0.11  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.28                      1.99   0.29     1.61    
  SINCE JUN 1      4.49                      5.84  -1.35     7.88    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.22                     24.77  -5.55    24.68    
                                                                     
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                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                         3     -1        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     49                        41      8       51       
  SINCE JUL 1      2                         3     -1        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                         9      1        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  111                       147    -36      136       
  SINCE JUN 1    219                       291    -72      255       
  SINCE JAN 1    261                       335    -74      258       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   1   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (280)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE HARTFORD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        99      1982                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        50      1956                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 18 2004..........SUNRISE   531 AM EDT   SUNSET   822 PM EDT   
JULY 19 2004..........SUNRISE   532 AM EDT   SUNSET   821 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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