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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
830 PM EDT THU AUG 26 2004

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 2004...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0800 PM LOCAL TIME.

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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         78    417 PM  99    1948  78      0       76       
  MINIMUM         56    526 AM  50    1942  63     -7       67       
  AVERAGE         67                        71     -4       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          4.15 1924   0.11  -0.11      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    4.02                      2.82   1.20     2.96    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.84                      9.10   0.74     9.76    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.33                     27.01   1.32    27.93    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            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                                                             
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    3                         3      0        1       
  SINCE JUN 1     57                        55      2       80       
  SINCE JUL 1      5                         7     -2        3       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            2                         6     -4        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  153                       207    -54      268       
  SINCE JUN 1    455                       628   -173      660       
  SINCE JAN 1    482                       665   -183      666       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78       100      1948                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        47      1880                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 26 2004........SUNRISE   603 AM EDT   SUNSET   727 PM EDT   
AUGUST 27 2004........SUNRISE   604 AM EDT   SUNSET   726 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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