Climatological Report (Monthly)
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000 CXUS51 KBOX 011232 CLMBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA 832 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 08/02/1975 LOW 46 08/25/1940 HIGHEST 88 08/13 98 LOWEST 59 08/24 63 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.5 80.4 -1.9 AVG. MINIMUM 65.0 65.1 -0.1 MEAN 71.8 72.7 -0.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 3.8 -3.8 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.09 1955 MINIMUM 0.39 1883 TOTALS 6.46 3.23 3.23 DAILY AVG. 0.21 0.10 0.11 DAYS >= .01 11 9.0 2.0 DAYS >= .10 8 5.4 2.6 DAYS >= .50 5 2.2 2.8 DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.8 2.2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.79 08/24 TO 08/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2020 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 5 -5 SINCE 7/1 0 4 -4 COOLING TOTAL 216 245 -29 SINCE 1/1 698 700 -2 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/230 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/130 DATE 08/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/130 DATE 08/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$