000 CDUS41 KBOX 310737 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 226 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30 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 48 949 AM 81 1977 51 -3 40 MINIMUM 39 612 AM 10 1884 35 4 33 AVERAGE 44 43 1 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.53 1953 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.89 3.72 0.17 2.06 SINCE MAR 1 3.89 3.72 0.17 2.06 SINCE JAN 1 11.04 10.94 0.10 4.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.4 1922 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 14.5 8.2 6.3 10.6 SINCE MAR 1 14.5 8.2 6.3 10.6 SINCE JUL 1 86.6 42.5 44.1 39.4 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 22 -1 28 MONTH TO DATE 890 793 97 759 SINCE MAR 1 890 793 97 759 SINCE JUL 1 4955 4824 131 4912 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 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 76 100 AM LOWEST 53 700 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 89 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 15 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 31 2005.........SUNRISE 528 AM EST SUNSET 609 PM EST APRIL 1 2005.........SUNRISE 526 AM EST SUNSET 610 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$