000 CDUS41 KBOX 180550 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 140 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 36 558 AM 70 1990 47 -11 41 MINIMUM 28 1159 PM 10 1916 32 -4 24 AVERAGE 32 39 -7 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.46 1.58 1968 0.12 1.34 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.75 2.04 1.71 0.55 SINCE MAR 1 3.75 2.04 1.71 0.55 SINCE JAN 1 8.52 9.26 -0.74 7.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.2 3.1 1993 0.3 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 8.1 5.3 2.8 T SINCE MAR 1 8.1 5.3 2.8 T SINCE JUL 1 14.5 38.9 -24.4 39.9 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 26 7 32 MONTH TO DATE 510 483 27 471 SINCE MAR 1 510 483 27 471 SINCE JUL 1 4192 4514 -322 4228 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 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 53 1100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 70 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 5 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2007.........SUNRISE 652 AM EDT SUNSET 654 PM EDT MARCH 19 2007.........SUNRISE 650 AM EDT SUNSET 655 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$