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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
124 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003

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...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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         82    223 PM  96    1953  78      4       65       
  MINIMUM         59    506 AM  47    1986  62     -3       61       
  AVERAGE         71                        70      1       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.69 1962   0.11  -0.11     0.84    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.89                      3.15  -0.26     2.08    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.69                      9.43   0.26     8.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.86                     27.34   0.52    24.37    
                                                                     
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                         1     -1        2       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         6     -5        4       
  SINCE JUN 1     80                        58     22       86       
  SINCE JUL 1      3                        10     -7        5       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         6      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  292                       225     67      330       
  SINCE JUN 1    684                       646     38      787       
  SINCE JAN 1    690                       683      7      813       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED  10   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION   S (200)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        99      1973                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        48      1965                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 30 2003........SUNRISE   607 AM EDT   SUNSET   722 PM EDT   
AUGUST 31 2003........SUNRISE   608 AM EDT   SUNSET   720 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.