000 CDUS41 KBOX 210610 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 157 AM EDT SAT AUG 21 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 90 MM 98 1937 80 10 89 MINIMUM 70 MM 52 1905 64 6 69 AVERAGE 80 72 8 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 2.10 1894 0.11 0.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.97 2.16 0.81 2.89 SINCE JUN 1 8.79 8.44 0.35 9.69 SINCE JAN 1 27.28 26.35 0.93 27.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1951 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 1 0 1 1 SINCE JUN 1 55 52 3 80 SINCE JUL 1 3 4 -1 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 7 8 14 MONTH TO DATE 137 167 -30 205 SINCE JUN 1 439 588 -149 597 SINCE JAN 1 466 625 -159 603 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 52 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 97 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 52 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2004........SUNRISE 558 AM EDT SUNSET 735 PM EDT AUGUST 22 2004........SUNRISE 559 AM EDT SUNSET 734 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$