000 CDUS41 KBOX 160530 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 57 1153 AM 72 1990 46 11 41 MINIMUM 38 1159 PM 12 1993 31 7 32 AVERAGE 48 39 9 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.12 1.39 1953 0.12 0.00 T MONTH TO DATE 1.87 1.80 0.07 0.55 SINCE MAR 1 1.87 1.80 0.07 0.55 SINCE JAN 1 6.64 9.02 -2.38 7.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 90.0 2001 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE T 4.7 -4.7 T SINCE MAR 1 T 4.7 -4.7 T SINCE JUL 1 6.4 38.3 -31.9 39.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 27 -10 28 MONTH TO DATE 444 431 13 411 SINCE MAR 1 444 431 13 411 SINCE JUL 1 4126 4462 -336 4168 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 48 1000 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 71 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 10 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2007.........SUNRISE 655 AM EDT SUNSET 651 PM EDT MARCH 17 2007.........SUNRISE 653 AM EDT SUNSET 653 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$