000 CDUS41 KBOX 090533 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 131 AM EDT WED APR 9 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 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 45 141 PM 85 1991 53 -8 42 MINIMUM 33 514 AM 21 1888 38 -5 29 AVERAGE 39 46 -7 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.18 1894 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 1.01 -0.04 1.54 SINCE MAR 1 5.64 4.86 0.78 5.85 SINCE JAN 1 16.27 12.08 4.19 10.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.6 1894 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.9 -0.9 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 9.2 -8.2 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 42.8 9.2 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 19 7 29 MONTH TO DATE 165 162 3 216 SINCE MAR 1 987 977 10 1062 SINCE JUL 1 4814 5008 -194 4744 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 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 AM LOWEST 65 1000 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 85 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 24 1888 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2008.........SUNRISE 612 AM EDT SUNSET 719 PM EDT APRIL 10 2008.........SUNRISE 611 AM EDT SUNSET 721 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$