000 CDUS41 KBOX 220541 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 138 AM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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 40 204 PM 83 1921 48 -8 35 MINIMUM 30 751 AM 7 1885 33 -3 20 AVERAGE 35 40 -5 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.50 1876 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.20 2.55 1.65 3.82 SINCE MAR 1 4.20 2.55 1.65 3.82 SINCE JAN 1 14.83 9.77 5.06 8.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.2 1958 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 6.4 -5.4 9.1 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 6.4 -5.4 9.1 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 40.0 12.0 15.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 25 5 37 MONTH TO DATE 557 584 -27 645 SINCE MAR 1 557 584 -27 645 SINCE JUL 1 4384 4615 -231 4327 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 24 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 23.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 1200 AM LOWEST 23 600 PM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 72 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 8 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 22 2008.........SUNRISE 643 AM EDT SUNSET 659 PM EDT MARCH 23 2008.........SUNRISE 642 AM EDT SUNSET 700 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$