000 CDUS41 KBOX 030534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1229 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 41 356 PM 66 2004 42 -1 44 MINIMUM 28 739 AM 0 1886 28 0 32 AVERAGE 35 35 0 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.24 1983 0.12 -0.12 1.48 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 0.24 0.00 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 0.24 0.24 0.00 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 10.87 7.46 3.41 6.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.0 1916 0.4 -0.4 MM MONTH TO DATE 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 34.4 17.6 6.4 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 30 0 27 MONTH TO DATE 63 61 2 59 SINCE MAR 1 63 61 2 59 SINCE JUL 1 3890 4092 -202 3741 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 16 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 63 200 AM LOWEST 31 400 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 61 1945 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 4 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2008.........SUNRISE 616 AM EST SUNSET 537 PM EST MARCH 4 2008.........SUNRISE 614 AM EST SUNSET 538 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$