000 CDUS41 KBOX 160603 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 152 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 77 353 PM 82 1896 56 21 48 MINIMUM 47 1034 PM 28 1943 40 7 36 AVERAGE 62 48 14 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.05 1903 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.94 1.85 -0.91 1.58 SINCE MAR 1 1.50 5.70 -4.20 5.47 SINCE JAN 1 8.74 12.92 -4.18 12.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.1 1916 0.1 MM MM MONTH TO DATE T 1.6 -1.6 T SINCE MAR 1 T 9.9 -9.9 14.5 SINCE JUL 1 39.9 43.5 -3.6 86.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 17 -14 23 MONTH TO DATE 223 288 -65 274 SINCE MAR 1 1033 1103 -70 1188 SINCE JUL 1 4790 5134 -344 5253 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 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 14 500 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 84 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 28 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2006.........SUNRISE 602 AM EDT SUNSET 727 PM EDT APRIL 17 2006.........SUNRISE 600 AM EDT SUNSET 728 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$