000 CDUS41 KBOX 010538 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1229 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 25 1159 PM 64 1880 42 -17 41 MINIMUM 11 627 AM 3 1884 27 -16 30 AVERAGE 18 34 -16 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.56 1880 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.94 3.30 4.64 2.20 SINCE DEC 1 15.88 10.95 4.93 6.66 SINCE JAN 1 10.63 7.22 3.41 4.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.3 1968 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 15.0 11.3 3.7 4.6 SINCE DEC 1 51.0 31.5 19.5 6.4 SINCE JUL 1 51.0 33.6 17.4 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 47 31 16 29 MONTH TO DATE 934 982 -48 1081 SINCE DEC 1 2910 3018 -108 2807 SINCE JUL 1 3827 4062 -235 3682 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 68 1100 PM LOWEST 37 1000 AM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 63 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -1 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2008.........SUNRISE 619 AM EST SUNSET 534 PM EST MARCH 2 2008.........SUNRISE 617 AM EST SUNSET 536 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$