000 CDUS41 KBOX 230535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT SUN MAR 23 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22 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 47 308 PM 72 1948 48 -1 57 MINIMUM 30 642 AM 8 1885 33 -3 34 AVERAGE 39 41 -2 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.59 2001 0.13 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE 4.20 2.68 1.52 3.82 SINCE MAR 1 4.20 2.68 1.52 3.82 SINCE JAN 1 14.83 9.90 4.93 8.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1916 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 6.6 -5.6 9.1 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 6.6 -5.6 9.1 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 40.2 11.8 15.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 24 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 583 608 -25 664 SINCE MAR 1 583 608 -25 664 SINCE JUL 1 4410 4639 -229 4346 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 W (280) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 39 500 AM LOWEST 22 500 PM AVERAGE 31 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 78 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 6 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 23 2008.........SUNRISE 642 AM EDT SUNSET 700 PM EDT MARCH 24 2008.........SUNRISE 640 AM EDT SUNSET 701 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$