000 CDUS41 KBOX 230640 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 229 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 61 333 PM 88 1977 58 3 81 MINIMUM 39 452 AM 26 1875 43 -4 49 AVERAGE 50 50 0 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.89 1937 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 1.68 2.69 -1.01 7.35 SINCE MAR 1 5.57 6.54 -0.97 10.73 SINCE JAN 1 12.72 13.76 -1.04 13.19 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 1.3 1940 T MM MM MONTH TO DATE T 1.8 -1.8 T SINCE MAR 1 14.5 10.1 4.4 10.6 SINCE JUL 1 86.6 44.5 42.1 39.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 15 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 353 398 -45 362 SINCE MAR 1 1267 1213 54 1146 SINCE JUL 1 5332 5244 88 5299 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 0 SINCE MAR 1 5 1 4 0 SINCE JAN 1 5 1 4 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 61 300 PM LOWEST 28 100 AM AVERAGE 45 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 85 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 29 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE 551 AM EDT SUNSET 735 PM EDT APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE 549 AM EDT SUNSET 736 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$