000 CDUS41 KBOX 160554 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 142 AM EDT MON AUG 16 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 74 1227 AM 98 1944 80 -6 88 MINIMUM 64 1159 PM 52 1964 65 -1 69 AVERAGE 69 73 -4 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.01 1.90 1930 0.11 0.90 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.70 1.61 1.09 2.86 SINCE JUN 1 8.52 7.89 0.63 9.66 SINCE JAN 1 27.01 25.80 1.21 27.83 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 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE JUN 1 54 52 2 80 SINCE JUL 1 2 4 -2 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 8 -4 14 MONTH TO DATE 109 130 -21 152 SINCE JUN 1 411 551 -140 544 SINCE JAN 1 438 588 -150 550 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 69 1200 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 97 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 47 1880 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2004........SUNRISE 553 AM EDT SUNSET 743 PM EDT AUGUST 17 2004........SUNRISE 554 AM EDT SUNSET 742 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$