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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
257 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 2003...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2003

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         77   1229 PM  95    1930  64     13       76       
  MINIMUM         49   1214 AM  37    1992  47      2       54       
  AVERAGE         63                        55      8       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.50 1998   0.11  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.15                      0.77  -0.62     0.59    
  SINCE MAR 1      8.18                      8.22  -0.04     6.75    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.20                     15.44  -1.24    11.70    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             T    1967   0.0   MM        0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                      MM      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     10.8                      10.2    0.6      1.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     71.3                      44.5   26.8     15.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                        10     -8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   67                        76     -9       61       
  SINCE MAR 1   1521                      1394    127     1283       
  SINCE JUL 1   5939                      5425    514     4549       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      3                         5     -2        8       
  SINCE JAN 1      3                         5     -2        8       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   2   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   E (110)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        87      1964                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        34      1956                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  8 2003...........SUNRISE   531 AM EDT   SUNSET   751 PM EDT   
MAY  9 2003...........SUNRISE   530 AM EDT   SUNSET   752 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.