000 CDUS41 KBOX 200427 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1216 AM EDT THU APR 20 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 64 1124 AM 94 1976 57 7 66 MINIMUM 46 208 AM 26 1887 41 5 51 AVERAGE 55 49 6 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.90 1879 0.12 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 2.21 -1.25 1.58 SINCE MAR 1 1.52 6.06 -4.54 5.47 SINCE JAN 1 8.76 13.28 -4.52 12.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 1.6 1965 T MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.8 -1.8 T SINCE MAR 1 T 10.1 -10.1 14.5 SINCE JUL 1 39.9 43.7 -3.8 86.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 16 -6 6 MONTH TO DATE 262 337 -75 314 SINCE MAR 1 1072 1152 -80 1228 SINCE JUL 1 4829 5183 -354 5293 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 N (360) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 1200 AM LOWEST 42 1100 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 87 1914 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 22 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2006.........SUNRISE 557 AM EDT SUNSET 730 PM EDT APRIL 20 2006.........SUNRISE 556 AM EDT SUNSET 731 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$