000 CDUS41 KBOX 150535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14 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 55 247 PM 81 1945 56 -1 52 MINIMUM 36 541 AM 26 1940 40 -4 39 AVERAGE 46 48 -2 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.63 1895 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.45 1.73 -0.28 2.41 SINCE MAR 1 6.12 5.58 0.54 6.72 SINCE JAN 1 16.75 12.80 3.95 11.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.7 1916 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.5 -1.5 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 9.8 -8.8 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 43.4 8.6 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 17 2 19 MONTH TO DATE 260 271 -11 356 SINCE MAR 1 1082 1086 -4 1202 SINCE JUL 1 4909 5117 -208 4884 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 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 59 300 AM LOWEST 28 400 PM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 82 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 28 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 15 2008.........SUNRISE 603 AM EDT SUNSET 726 PM EDT APRIL 16 2008.........SUNRISE 601 AM EDT SUNSET 727 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$