000 CDUS41 KBOX 170616 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 210 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 41 803 PM 71 2000 46 -5 38 1935 MINIMUM 34 1159 PM 10 1872 31 3 26 AVERAGE 38 39 -1 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.15 1900 0.12 -0.12 0.42 MONTH TO DATE 3.44 1.92 1.52 2.29 SINCE MAR 1 3.44 1.92 1.52 2.29 SINCE JAN 1 14.07 9.14 4.93 7.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 7.9 2007 0.3 MM 7.9 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 5.0 -4.0 7.9 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 5.0 -4.0 7.9 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 38.6 13.4 14.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 26 1 33 MONTH TO DATE 416 457 -41 477 SINCE MAR 1 416 457 -41 477 SINCE JUL 1 4243 4488 -245 4159 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 N (10) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 700 PM LOWEST 59 900 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 70 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 10 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2008.........SUNRISE 652 AM EDT SUNSET 653 PM EDT MARCH 18 2008.........SUNRISE 650 AM EDT SUNSET 655 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$