000 CDUS41 KBOX 020542 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1236 AM EST SUN MAR 2 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 1 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 39 519 PM 63 1991 42 -3 40 MINIMUM 25 1248 AM -1 1886 27 -2 26 AVERAGE 32 35 -3 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.24 1.72 1987 0.12 0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 0.12 0.12 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.24 0.12 0.12 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 10.87 7.34 3.53 4.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 1.0 6.1 2005 0.4 0.6 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 34.0 18.0 6.4 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 31 2 32 MONTH TO DATE 33 31 2 32 SINCE MAR 1 33 31 2 32 SINCE JUL 1 3860 4062 -202 3714 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 SW (210) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 800 AM LOWEST 56 800 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 66 2004 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 0 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 2 2008.........SUNRISE 617 AM EST SUNSET 536 PM EST MARCH 3 2008.........SUNRISE 616 AM EST SUNSET 537 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$