000 CDUS41 KBOX 160535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 132 AM EDT WED APR 16 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 53 1016 AM 82 1896 56 -3 44 MINIMUM 37 442 AM 28 1943 40 -3 38 AVERAGE 45 48 -3 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.05 1903 0.12 -0.12 1.42 MONTH TO DATE 1.45 1.85 -0.40 3.83 SINCE MAR 1 6.12 5.70 0.42 8.14 SINCE JAN 1 16.75 12.92 3.83 12.91 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1916 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.6 -1.6 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 9.9 -8.9 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 43.5 8.5 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 17 3 24 MONTH TO DATE 280 288 -8 380 SINCE MAR 1 1102 1103 -1 1226 SINCE JUL 1 4929 5134 -205 4908 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 1 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 53 600 PM LOWEST 27 900 AM AVERAGE 40 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 84 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 28 1943 1928 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2008.........SUNRISE 601 AM EDT SUNSET 727 PM EDT APRIL 17 2008.........SUNRISE 559 AM EDT SUNSET 728 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$