000 CDUS41 KBOX 160600 CLIBDL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1248 AM EST WED MAR 16 2005 ................................... ...THE HARTFORD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 252 PM 73 1990 47 -4 53 MINIMUM 24 548 AM 6 1993 28 -4 28 AVERAGE 34 38 -4 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.69 1953 0.13 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE 1.01 1.80 -0.79 0.50 SINCE MAR 1 1.01 1.80 -0.79 0.50 SINCE JAN 1 8.32 8.60 -0.28 3.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.0 1967 0.3 -0.3 MM MONTH TO DATE 13.5 4.5 9.0 0.7 SINCE MAR 1 13.5 4.5 9.0 0.7 SINCE JUL 1 68.6 41.4 27.2 39.2 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 28 3 24 MONTH TO DATE 563 452 111 374 SINCE MAR 1 563 452 111 374 SINCE JUL 1 5034 4993 41 4948 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 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 74 300 AM LOWEST 44 1200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE HARTFORD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 79 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 9 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2005.........SUNRISE 601 AM EST SUNSET 559 PM EST MARCH 17 2005.........SUNRISE 559 AM EST SUNSET 600 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$