000 CDUS41 KBOX 020530 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT WED APR 2 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 1 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 64 148 PM 76 1918 51 13 52 MINIMUM 52 1202 AM 13 1923 36 16 33 AVERAGE 58 44 14 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 4.29 2004 0.13 0.04 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.17 0.13 0.04 0.17 SINCE MAR 1 4.84 3.98 0.86 4.48 SINCE JAN 1 15.47 11.20 4.27 9.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 22.4 1997 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 8.5 -7.5 10.2 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 42.1 9.9 16.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 21 -14 22 MONTH TO DATE 7 21 -14 22 SINCE MAR 1 829 836 -7 868 SINCE JUL 1 4656 4867 -211 4550 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 23 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 22.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 PM LOWEST 72 1100 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 75 1967 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 19 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 2 2008.........SUNRISE 624 AM EDT SUNSET 712 PM EDT APRIL 3 2008.........SUNRISE 623 AM EDT SUNSET 713 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$