000 CDUS41 KBOX 040531 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 128 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 53 357 PM 77 1892 52 1 44 MINIMUM 33 557 AM 21 1954 37 -4 36 AVERAGE 43 44 -1 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1990 0.13 -0.13 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.17 0.39 -0.22 0.33 SINCE MAR 1 4.84 4.24 0.60 4.64 SINCE JAN 1 15.47 11.46 4.01 9.41 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1915 0.1 -0.1 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 8.7 -7.7 10.2 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 42.3 9.7 16.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 21 1 25 MONTH TO DATE 48 63 -15 72 SINCE MAR 1 870 878 -8 918 SINCE JUL 1 4697 4909 -212 4600 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 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 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 44 1000 PM LOWEST 17 600 PM AVERAGE 31 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 75 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 17 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2008.........SUNRISE 621 AM EDT SUNSET 714 PM EDT APRIL 5 2008.........SUNRISE 619 AM EDT SUNSET 715 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$