000 CDUS41 KBOX 120534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 132 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 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 43 505 PM 67 1990 45 -2 53 MINIMUM 26 617 AM 9 1939 30 -4 39 AVERAGE 35 37 -2 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.94 1901 0.12 -0.12 0.27 MONTH TO DATE 2.94 1.32 1.62 1.75 SINCE MAR 1 2.94 1.32 1.62 1.75 SINCE JAN 1 13.57 8.54 5.03 6.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1934 0.3 -0.3 MM MONTH TO DATE 1.0 3.5 -2.5 T SINCE MAR 1 1.0 3.5 -2.5 T SINCE JUL 1 52.0 37.1 14.9 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 28 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 281 322 -41 384 SINCE MAR 1 281 322 -41 384 SINCE JUL 1 4108 4353 -245 4066 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 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 1100 PM LOWEST 24 300 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 69 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 7 1900 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2008.........SUNRISE 701 AM EDT SUNSET 648 PM EDT MARCH 13 2008.........SUNRISE 659 AM EDT SUNSET 649 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$