000 CDUS41 KBOX 200611 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 200 AM EDT THU APR 20 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 73 516 PM 87 1914 57 16 71 MINIMUM 49 202 AM 22 1875 42 7 45 AVERAGE 61 49 12 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.65 1877 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 2.33 -1.37 1.58 SINCE MAR 1 1.52 6.18 -4.66 5.47 SINCE JAN 1 8.76 13.40 -4.64 12.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1961 T 0.0 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 4 16 -12 7 MONTH TO DATE 266 353 -87 321 SINCE MAR 1 1076 1168 -92 1235 SINCE JUL 1 4833 5199 -366 5300 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 200 AM LOWEST 12 300 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 89 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2006.........SUNRISE 556 AM EDT SUNSET 731 PM EDT APRIL 21 2006.........SUNRISE 554 AM EDT SUNSET 732 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$