000 CDUS41 KBOX 080530 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1229 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 43 1240 PM 69 1946 44 -1 24 MINIMUM 31 548 AM 2 1872 29 2 6 AVERAGE 37 36 1 15 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 1.91 1967 0.12 0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.06 0.84 0.22 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 1.06 0.84 0.22 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 11.69 8.06 3.63 6.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 9.9 1967 0.3 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 2.3 -1.3 T SINCE MAR 1 1.0 2.3 -1.3 T SINCE JUL 1 52.0 35.9 16.1 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 29 -1 50 MONTH TO DATE 176 209 -33 243 SINCE MAR 1 176 209 -33 243 SINCE JUL 1 4003 4240 -237 3925 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 70 100 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 67 1995 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 7 2007 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2008.........SUNRISE 607 AM EST SUNSET 543 PM EST MARCH 9 2008.........SUNRISE 706 AM EDT SUNSET 644 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$