000 CDUS41 KBOX 040819 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 318 AM EST FRI MAR 4 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 30 329 PM 61 1945 42 -12 55 MINIMUM 20 812 AM 4 1950 28 -8 43 AVERAGE 25 35 -10 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.95 1972 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 0.36 0.24 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 0.60 0.36 0.24 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 7.75 7.58 0.17 2.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.3 1960 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 6.1 1.1 5.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 6.1 1.1 5.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 78.2 35.4 42.8 28.8 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 40 30 10 16 MONTH TO DATE 111 91 20 49 SINCE MAR 1 111 91 20 49 SINCE JUL 1 4176 4122 54 4202 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 16 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 50 1200 AM LOWEST 31 500 PM AVERAGE 41 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 70 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 2 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2005.........SUNRISE 614 AM EST SUNSET 538 PM EST MARCH 5 2005.........SUNRISE 613 AM EST SUNSET 539 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$