000 CDUS41 KBOX 150538 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 135 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 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 51 1218 PM 76 1946 46 5 68 MINIMUM 32 500 AM 12 1896 31 1 45 AVERAGE 42 38 4 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.93 1958 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.13 1.68 1.45 1.75 SINCE MAR 1 3.13 1.68 1.45 1.75 SINCE JAN 1 13.76 8.90 4.86 6.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1980 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 4.4 -3.4 T SINCE MAR 1 1.0 4.4 -3.4 T SINCE JUL 1 52.0 38.0 14.0 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 27 -4 8 MONTH TO DATE 361 404 -43 427 SINCE MAR 1 361 404 -43 427 SINCE JUL 1 4188 4435 -247 4109 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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1000 PM LOWEST 46 1200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 72 1990 1945 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 12 1993 1932 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2008.........SUNRISE 655 AM EDT SUNSET 651 PM EDT MARCH 16 2008.........SUNRISE 654 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$