000 CDUS41 KBOX 040534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1229 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 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 49 434 PM 61 1945 42 7 57 MINIMUM 26 315 AM 4 1950 28 -2 30 AVERAGE 38 35 3 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.95 1972 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 0.36 -0.12 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 0.24 0.36 -0.12 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 10.87 7.58 3.29 6.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.3 1960 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 1.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 1.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 34.7 17.3 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 30 -3 21 MONTH TO DATE 90 91 -1 80 SINCE MAR 1 90 91 -1 80 SINCE JUL 1 3917 4122 -205 3762 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 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 1100 PM LOWEST 39 1100 AM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 70 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 2 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2008.........SUNRISE 614 AM EST SUNSET 538 PM EST MARCH 5 2008.........SUNRISE 612 AM EST SUNSET 539 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$