000 CDUS41 KBOX 200534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 131 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 19 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 1159 PM 72 1903 47 -6 40 MINIMUM 33 720 AM 5 1876 32 1 27 AVERAGE 37 40 -3 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.49 1.26 1899 0.13 0.36 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 3.93 2.29 1.64 3.80 SINCE MAR 1 3.93 2.29 1.64 3.80 SINCE JAN 1 14.56 9.51 5.05 8.57 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 13.2 1956 0.3 -0.3 1.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 5.9 -4.9 9.1 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 5.9 -4.9 9.1 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 39.5 12.5 15.5 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 25 3 31 MONTH TO DATE 503 534 -31 577 SINCE MAR 1 503 534 -31 577 SINCE JUL 1 4330 4565 -235 4259 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 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 PM LOWEST 64 600 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 79 1945 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 10 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 20 2008.........SUNRISE 647 AM EDT SUNSET 657 PM EDT MARCH 21 2008.........SUNRISE 645 AM EDT SUNSET 658 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$