000 CDUS41 KBOX 060604 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 100 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 60 1159 AM 72 1880 43 17 39 MINIMUM 37 1159 PM -4 1872 28 9 22 AVERAGE 49 36 13 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.28 1.28 1952 0.12 0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 0.89 0.60 0.29 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 0.89 0.60 0.29 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 11.52 7.82 3.70 6.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 8.7 1993 0.3 MM T MONTH TO DATE 1.0 1.7 -0.7 T SINCE MAR 1 1.0 1.7 -0.7 T SINCE JUL 1 52.0 35.3 16.7 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 30 -14 34 MONTH TO DATE 121 151 -30 143 SINCE MAR 1 121 151 -30 143 SINCE JUL 1 3948 4182 -234 3825 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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 100 AM LOWEST 59 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 70 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 -8 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2008.........SUNRISE 611 AM EST SUNSET 541 PM EST MARCH 7 2008.........SUNRISE 609 AM EST SUNSET 542 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$