000 CDUS41 KBOX 160537 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 131 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 40 429 AM 72 1990 46 -6 57 1945 MINIMUM 34 849 AM 12 1993 31 3 38 1932 1876 AVERAGE 37 39 -2 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 1.39 1953 0.12 0.19 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 3.44 1.80 1.64 1.87 SINCE MAR 1 3.44 1.80 1.64 1.87 SINCE JAN 1 14.07 9.02 5.05 6.64 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 7.1 1967 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 4.7 -3.7 T SINCE MAR 1 1.0 4.7 -3.7 T SINCE JUL 1 52.0 38.3 13.7 6.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 27 1 17 MONTH TO DATE 389 431 -42 444 SINCE MAR 1 389 431 -42 444 SINCE JUL 1 4216 4462 -246 4126 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 AM LOWEST 76 600 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 71 2000 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 10 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2008.........SUNRISE 654 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM EDT MARCH 17 2008.........SUNRISE 652 AM EDT SUNSET 653 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$