000 CDUS41 KBOX 080534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 128 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 43 855 AM 86 1991 53 -10 42 MINIMUM 36 1128 PM 16 1982 38 -2 30 AVERAGE 40 46 -6 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.24 1901 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 0.89 0.08 1.54 SINCE MAR 1 5.64 4.74 0.90 5.85 SINCE JAN 1 16.27 11.96 4.31 10.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1893 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 9.1 -8.1 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 42.7 9.3 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 20 5 29 MONTH TO DATE 139 143 -4 187 SINCE MAR 1 961 958 3 1033 SINCE JUL 1 4788 4989 -201 4715 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 15 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 67 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 85 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 21 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2008.........SUNRISE 614 AM EDT SUNSET 718 PM EDT APRIL 9 2008.........SUNRISE 612 AM EDT SUNSET 719 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$