000 CDUS41 KBOX 060526 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 126 AM EDT SUN APR 6 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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 54 512 PM 84 1928 53 1 45 MINIMUM 39 744 AM 11 1874 37 2 30 AVERAGE 47 45 2 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 2.52 1987 0.13 -0.07 0.27 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 0.65 0.31 1.54 SINCE MAR 1 5.63 4.50 1.13 5.85 SINCE JAN 1 16.26 11.72 4.54 10.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1911 0.1 -0.1 0.2 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 8.9 -7.9 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 42.5 9.5 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 20 -2 27 MONTH TO DATE 90 103 -13 127 SINCE MAR 1 912 918 -6 973 SINCE JUL 1 4739 4949 -210 4655 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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1200 AM LOWEST 54 500 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 82 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 20 1881 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2008.........SUNRISE 617 AM EDT SUNSET 716 PM EDT APRIL 7 2008.........SUNRISE 616 AM EDT SUNSET 717 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$