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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
137 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2002

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 2002...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2002

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         76        MM  97    1955  79     -3       72        
  MINIMUM         65        MM  52    1882  64      1       64        
  AVERAGE         71                        72     -1       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.72 1991   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.47                      2.27  -1.80     4.04    
  SINCE JUN 1      6.67                      8.55  -1.88    11.16    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.76                     26.46  -3.70    24.49    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2001   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      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    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     82                        52     30       20       
  SINCE JUL 1      1                         4     -3        2       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         7     -1        3       
  MONTH TO DATE  297                       174    123      208       
  SINCE JUN 1    754                       595    159      578       
  SINCE JAN 1    780                       632    148      644       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    MM   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    MM            
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     43           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        93      1955                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        47      1894                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 22 2002........SUNRISE   559 AM EDT   SUNSET   735 PM EDT   
AUGUST 23 2002........SUNRISE   600 AM EDT   SUNSET   733 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.