000 CDUS41 KBOX 130536 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12 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 43 443 PM 69 1902 45 -2 55 MINIMUM 34 1159 PM 7 1900 30 4 35 AVERAGE 39 38 1 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.19 1.55 1936 0.12 0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.13 1.44 1.69 1.75 SINCE MAR 1 3.13 1.44 1.69 1.75 SINCE JAN 1 13.76 8.66 5.10 6.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.4 1959 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 3.8 -2.8 T SINCE MAR 1 1.0 3.8 -2.8 T SINCE JUL 1 52.0 37.4 14.6 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 28 -2 20 MONTH TO DATE 307 350 -43 404 SINCE MAR 1 307 350 -43 404 SINCE JUL 1 4134 4381 -247 4086 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 800 AM LOWEST 50 600 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 73 1990 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 3 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 13 2008.........SUNRISE 659 AM EDT SUNSET 649 PM EDT MARCH 14 2008.........SUNRISE 657 AM EDT SUNSET 650 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$