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CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
1258 AM EST THU NOV 18 2004

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 17 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         49    409 PM  76    1928  51     -2       45       
  MINIMUM         37    711 AM  14    1924  38     -1       37       
  AVERAGE         43                        45     -2       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.65 1930   0.14  -0.14     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.30                      2.29  -0.99     1.37    
  SINCE SEP 1     10.64                      9.55   1.09    10.22    
  SINCE JAN 1     39.33                     37.11   2.22    38.15    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.4  1968   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    3.9                       0.8    3.1      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      3.9                       0.8    3.1       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      3.9                       0.8    3.1       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       22                        20      2       24       
  MONTH TO DATE  362                       307     55      314       
  SINCE SEP 1    760                       735     25      706       
  SINCE JUL 1    765                       747     18      713       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     72                        83    -11       57       
  SINCE JAN 1    632                       776   -144      755       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   0   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  SE (150)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     60           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        73      1953                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        14      1936                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 18 2004......SUNRISE   639 AM EST   SUNSET   419 PM EST   
NOVEMBER 19 2004......SUNRISE   640 AM EST   SUNSET   419 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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