000 CDUS41 KBOX 050628 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 217 AM EDT WED APR 5 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 51 1101 AM 75 1950 52 -1 53 MINIMUM 37 1159 PM 17 1954 37 0 40 AVERAGE 44 45 -1 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.36 2.61 1876 0.13 0.23 T MONTH TO DATE 0.47 0.52 -0.05 1.26 SINCE MAR 1 1.03 4.37 -3.34 5.15 SINCE JAN 1 8.27 11.59 -3.32 12.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.1 1915 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T 8.8 -8.8 14.5 SINCE JUL 1 39.9 42.4 -2.5 86.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 20 1 18 MONTH TO DATE 55 83 -28 78 SINCE MAR 1 865 898 -33 992 SINCE JUL 1 4622 4929 -307 5057 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 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 59 1100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... 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 2006.........SUNRISE 620 AM EDT SUNSET 714 PM EDT APRIL 6 2006.........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. $$