000 CDUS41 KBOX 170547 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 142 AM EDT THU APR 17 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 58 1149 AM 84 2003 56 2 48 MINIMUM 37 458 AM 28 1943 41 -4 42 1928 1908 AVERAGE 48 48 0 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.50 1929 0.12 -0.12 0.93 MONTH TO DATE 1.45 1.97 -0.52 4.76 SINCE MAR 1 6.12 5.82 0.30 9.07 SINCE JAN 1 16.75 13.04 3.71 13.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1992 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.7 -1.7 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 10.0 -9.0 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 43.6 8.4 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 17 0 20 MONTH TO DATE 297 305 -8 400 SINCE MAR 1 1119 1120 -1 1246 SINCE JUL 1 4946 5151 -205 4928 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 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 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 70 500 AM LOWEST 32 1100 AM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 93 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 26 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2008.........SUNRISE 559 AM EDT SUNSET 728 PM EDT APRIL 18 2008.........SUNRISE 558 AM EDT SUNSET 730 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$