000 CDUS41 KBOX 050552 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 145 AM EDT SAT APR 5 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 44 637 PM 75 1950 52 -8 39 MINIMUM 37 1255 AM 17 1954 37 0 35 AVERAGE 41 45 -4 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.73 2.61 1876 0.13 0.60 0.94 MONTH TO DATE 0.90 0.52 0.38 1.27 SINCE MAR 1 5.57 4.37 1.20 5.58 SINCE JAN 1 16.20 11.59 4.61 10.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.1 1915 0.1 -0.1 0.3 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.3 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 8.8 -7.8 10.5 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 42.4 9.6 16.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 20 4 28 MONTH TO DATE 72 83 -11 100 SINCE MAR 1 894 898 -4 946 SINCE JUL 1 4721 4929 -208 4628 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 PM LOWEST 48 1200 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 84 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 11 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2008.........SUNRISE 619 AM EDT SUNSET 715 PM EDT APRIL 6 2008.........SUNRISE 617 AM EDT SUNSET 716 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$