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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
126 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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         90    215 PM  97    1955  79     11       76       
  MINIMUM         73    459 AM  52    1882  64      9       65       
  AVERAGE         82                        72     10       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.72 1991   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.89                      2.27   0.62     0.47    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.69                      8.55   1.14     6.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.86                     26.46   1.40    22.76    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        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      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       17                         7     10        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  222                       174     48      297       
  SINCE JUN 1    614                       595     19      754       
  SINCE JAN 1    620                       632    -12      780       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED   7   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   W (250)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     44           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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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 2003........SUNRISE   558 AM EDT   SUNSET   735 PM EDT   
AUGUST 23 2003........SUNRISE   559 AM EDT   SUNSET   734 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.