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CDUS41 KBOX 290547  
CLIORH  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA  
146 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008  
 
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..THE WORCESTER MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 28 2008  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2008  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 77 256 PM 94 1948 75 2 82  
MINIMUM 59 1012 PM 43 1957 57 2 63  
1941  
1940  
AVERAGE 68 66 2 73  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 0.99 1971 0.14 -0.14 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.51 3.67 -0.16 1.01  
SINCE JUN 1 17.03 11.88 5.15 7.47  
SINCE JAN 1 41.47 31.55 9.92 30.43  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1994 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 2 -2 0  
MONTH TO DATE 10 14 -4 29  
SINCE JUN 1 50 97 -47 125  
SINCE JUL 1 11 23 -12 43  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 3 3 0 8  
MONTH TO DATE 99 116 -17 169  
SINCE JUN 1 472 346 126 456  
SINCE JAN 1 476 353 123 505    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 67 1000 PM  
LOWEST 43 300 PM  
AVERAGE 55  
 
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THE WORCESTER MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 93 1953  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 38 1941  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 29 2008........SUNRISE 610 AM EDT SUNSET 726 PM EDT  
AUGUST 30 2008........SUNRISE 611 AM EDT SUNSET 724 PM EDT  
 
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
 
 
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