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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
145 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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         89    402 PM  98    1937  80      9       76       
  MINIMUM         69    329 AM  52    1905  64      5       66       
  AVERAGE         79                        72      7       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.10 1894   0.11  -0.11     0.34    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.89                      2.16   0.73     0.47    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.69                      8.44   1.25     6.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.86                     26.35   1.51    22.76    
                                                                     
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      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    1                         0      1        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     80                        52     28       82       
  SINCE JUL 1      3                         4     -1        1       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                         7      7        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  205                       167     38      291       
  SINCE JUN 1    597                       588      9      748       
  SINCE JAN 1    603                       625    -22      774       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   6   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (250)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
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           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       
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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 2003........SUNRISE   557 AM EDT   SUNSET   737 PM EDT   
AUGUST 22 2003........SUNRISE   558 AM EDT   SUNSET   735 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.