000 CDUS41 KBOX 160647 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 136 AM EST THU MAR 16 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 2006... 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 41 317 PM 72 1990 46 -5 46 MINIMUM 32 1159 PM 12 1993 31 1 31 AVERAGE 37 39 -2 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.39 1953 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.55 1.80 -1.25 1.91 SINCE MAR 1 0.55 1.80 -1.25 1.91 SINCE JAN 1 7.79 9.02 -1.23 9.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 90.0 2001 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 4.7 -4.7 14.0 SINCE MAR 1 T 4.7 -4.7 14.0 SINCE JUL 1 39.9 38.3 1.6 86.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 27 1 26 MONTH TO DATE 411 431 -20 516 SINCE MAR 1 411 431 -20 516 SINCE JUL 1 4168 4462 -294 4581 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 19 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAZE BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 61 800 PM LOWEST 37 1000 AM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 71 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 10 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2006.........SUNRISE 555 AM EST SUNSET 552 PM EST MARCH 17 2006.........SUNRISE 553 AM EST SUNSET 553 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$