000 CDUS41 KBOX 070532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1230 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 42 1029 AM 70 1894 43 -1 23 MINIMUM 34 643 AM -8 1872 29 5 6 AVERAGE 38 36 2 15 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.15 1943 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 0.72 0.17 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 0.89 0.72 0.17 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 11.52 7.94 3.58 6.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.2 2001 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 2.0 -1.0 T SINCE MAR 1 1.0 2.0 -1.0 T SINCE JUL 1 52.0 35.6 16.4 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 29 -2 50 MONTH TO DATE 148 180 -32 193 SINCE MAR 1 148 180 -32 193 SINCE JUL 1 3975 4211 -236 3875 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 1 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 700 PM LOWEST 44 1000 AM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 69 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 2 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2008.........SUNRISE 609 AM EST SUNSET 542 PM EST MARCH 8 2008.........SUNRISE 607 AM EST SUNSET 543 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$