000 CDUS41 KBOX 060556 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 145 AM EDT THU APR 6 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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 39 1000 PM 84 1928 53 -14 64 MINIMUM 33 532 AM 11 1874 37 -4 40 AVERAGE 36 45 -9 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.20 2.52 1987 0.13 0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.67 0.65 0.02 1.26 SINCE MAR 1 1.23 4.50 -3.27 5.15 SINCE JAN 1 8.47 11.72 -3.25 12.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.0 1911 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 T 8.9 -8.9 14.5 SINCE JUL 1 39.9 42.5 -2.6 86.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 20 9 13 MONTH TO DATE 84 103 -19 91 SINCE MAR 1 894 918 -24 1005 SINCE JUL 1 4651 4949 -298 5070 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 300 PM LOWEST 59 1200 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 82 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 20 1881 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2006.........SUNRISE 618 AM EDT SUNSET 716 PM EDT APRIL 7 2006.........SUNRISE 617 AM EDT SUNSET 717 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$