000 CDUS41 KBOX 070520 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 120 AM EDT MON APR 7 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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 42 122 PM 82 1928 53 -11 39 MINIMUM 39 700 PM 20 1881 38 1 28 AVERAGE 41 45 -4 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.60 1987 0.12 -0.11 0.00 1958 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 0.77 0.20 1.54 SINCE MAR 1 5.64 4.62 1.02 5.85 SINCE JAN 1 16.27 11.84 4.43 10.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.8 1982 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 9.0 -8.0 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 42.6 9.4 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 20 4 31 MONTH TO DATE 114 123 -9 158 SINCE MAR 1 936 938 -2 1004 SINCE JUL 1 4763 4969 -206 4686 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 PM LOWEST 70 300 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 86 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 16 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2008.........SUNRISE 616 AM EDT SUNSET 717 PM EDT APRIL 8 2008.........SUNRISE 614 AM EDT SUNSET 718 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$