000 CDUS41 KBOX 190536 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 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 39 328 PM 70 1999 47 -8 34 MINIMUM 28 601 AM 5 1885 32 -4 24 AVERAGE 34 39 -5 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.49 1968 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.44 2.16 1.28 3.75 SINCE MAR 1 3.44 2.16 1.28 3.75 SINCE JAN 1 14.07 9.38 4.69 8.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 9.4 1977 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 5.6 -4.6 8.1 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 5.6 -4.6 8.1 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 39.2 12.8 14.5 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 26 5 36 MONTH TO DATE 475 509 -34 546 SINCE MAR 1 475 509 -34 546 SINCE JUL 1 4302 4540 -238 4228 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 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 52 1000 PM LOWEST 25 300 PM AVERAGE 39 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 72 1903 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 5 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 19 2008.........SUNRISE 648 AM EDT SUNSET 656 PM EDT MARCH 20 2008.........SUNRISE 647 AM EDT SUNSET 657 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$