000 CDUS41 KBOX 280535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 27 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 55 139 PM 79 1998 50 5 58 MINIMUM 37 536 AM 16 1873 35 2 42 AVERAGE 46 42 4 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.13 1913 0.13 -0.13 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 4.20 3.33 0.87 4.31 SINCE MAR 1 4.20 3.33 0.87 4.31 SINCE JAN 1 14.83 10.55 4.28 9.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.6 1959 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 7.6 -6.6 10.2 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 7.6 -6.6 10.2 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 41.2 10.8 16.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 23 -4 15 MONTH TO DATE 708 726 -18 768 SINCE MAR 1 708 726 -18 768 SINCE JUL 1 4535 4757 -222 4450 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 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 54 500 AM LOWEST 26 1200 PM AVERAGE 40 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 85 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 11 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 28 2008.........SUNRISE 633 AM EDT SUNSET 706 PM EDT MARCH 29 2008.........SUNRISE 631 AM EDT SUNSET 707 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$