000 CDUS41 KBOX 040556 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 145 AM EDT MON APR 4 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 53 1022 AM 77 1892 52 1 41 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM 21 1954 37 5 38 AVERAGE 48 44 4 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.44 2.30 1990 0.13 0.31 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.26 0.39 0.87 4.71 SINCE MAR 1 5.15 4.24 0.91 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 12.30 11.46 0.84 10.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1915 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 14.5 8.7 5.8 10.6 SINCE JUL 1 86.6 43.1 43.5 39.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 21 -4 25 MONTH TO DATE 60 63 -3 75 SINCE MAR 1 974 878 96 859 SINCE JUL 1 5039 4909 130 5012 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 75 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 17 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2005.........SUNRISE 621 AM EDT SUNSET 714 PM EDT APRIL 5 2005.........SUNRISE 620 AM EDT SUNSET 715 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$