000 CDUS41 KBOX 270534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT THU MAR 27 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 26 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 58 301 PM 79 1922 49 9 47 MINIMUM 38 132 AM 13 1960 34 4 36 AVERAGE 48 42 6 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.56 1877 0.13 -0.13 0.11 MONTH TO DATE 4.20 3.20 0.00 4.27 SINCE MAR 1 4.20 3.20 0.00 4.27 SINCE JAN 1 14.83 10.42 4.41 9.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1899 0.2 -0.2 MM MONTH TO DATE 1.0 7.4 -6.4 10.2 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 7.4 -6.4 10.2 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 41.0 11.0 16.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 23 -6 23 MONTH TO DATE 689 703 -14 753 SINCE MAR 1 689 703 -14 753 SINCE JUL 1 4516 4734 -218 4435 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 15 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 1200 AM LOWEST 22 600 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 79 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 16 1873 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 27 2008.........SUNRISE 635 AM EDT SUNSET 705 PM EDT MARCH 28 2008.........SUNRISE 633 AM EDT SUNSET 706 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$