000 CDUS41 KBOX 090539 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1234 AM EST SUN MAR 9 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 58 804 PM 67 1995 44 14 26 MINIMUM 37 806 AM 7 2007 29 8 7 1986 AVERAGE 48 37 11 17 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.88R 1.85 1933 0.12 1.76 T MONTH TO DATE 2.94 0.96 1.98 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 2.94 0.96 1.98 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 13.57 8.18 5.39 6.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 8.0 1941 0.3 MM T MONTH TO DATE 1.0 2.6 -1.6 T SINCE MAR 1 1.0 2.6 -1.6 T SINCE JUL 1 52.0 36.2 15.8 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 29 -12 48 MONTH TO DATE 193 238 -45 291 SINCE MAR 1 193 238 -45 291 SINCE JUL 1 4020 4269 -249 3973 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 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 39 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 47 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 54 1100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 72 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 5 2007 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2008.........SUNRISE 706 AM EDT SUNSET 644 PM EDT MARCH 10 2008.........SUNRISE 704 AM EDT SUNSET 645 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$