000 CDUS41 KBOX 050739 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 234 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 34 257 PM 70 1974 43 -9 51 MINIMUM 19 740 AM 2 1950 28 -9 38 AVERAGE 27 35 -8 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.64 1881 0.12 -0.12 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 0.48 0.12 0.12 SINCE MAR 1 0.60 0.48 0.12 0.12 SINCE JAN 1 7.75 7.70 0.05 2.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 12.0 1891 0.3 -0.3 MM MONTH TO DATE 6.1 1.4 4.7 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 6.1 1.4 4.7 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 78.2 35.7 42.5 28.8 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 30 8 20 MONTH TO DATE 149 121 28 69 SINCE MAR 1 149 121 28 69 SINCE JUL 1 4214 4152 62 4222 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4 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 53 1000 PM LOWEST 33 100 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 72 1880 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -4 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2005.........SUNRISE 613 AM EST SUNSET 539 PM EST MARCH 6 2005.........SUNRISE 611 AM EST SUNSET 540 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$