000 CDUS41 KBOX 050603 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 152 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 53 343 PM 75 1950 52 1 45 MINIMUM 40 515 AM 17 1954 37 3 40 AVERAGE 47 45 2 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.61 1876 0.13 -0.13 0.22 MONTH TO DATE 1.26 0.52 0.74 4.93 SINCE MAR 1 5.15 4.37 0.78 8.31 SINCE JAN 1 12.30 11.59 0.71 10.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.1 1915 0.1 -0.1 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 14.5 8.8 5.7 10.6 SINCE JUL 1 86.6 43.2 43.4 39.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 20 -2 22 MONTH TO DATE 78 83 -5 97 SINCE MAR 1 992 898 94 881 SINCE JUL 1 5057 4929 128 5034 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 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 200 AM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 84 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 11 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2005.........SUNRISE 620 AM EDT SUNSET 715 PM EDT APRIL 6 2005.........SUNRISE 618 AM EDT SUNSET 716 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$