000 CDUS41 KBOX 180537 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 133 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 56 1157 AM 93 2002 57 -1 42 MINIMUM 40 317 AM 26 1908 41 -1 37 AVERAGE 48 49 -1 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.47 1954 0.12 -0.12 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 1.45 2.09 -0.64 4.92 SINCE MAR 1 6.12 5.94 0.18 9.23 SINCE JAN 1 16.75 13.16 3.59 14.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.6 1935 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.8 -1.8 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 10.1 -9.1 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 43.7 8.3 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 16 1 25 MONTH TO DATE 314 321 -7 425 SINCE MAR 1 1136 1136 0 1271 SINCE JUL 1 4963 5167 -204 4953 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 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 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 73 500 AM LOWEST 30 1100 AM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 94 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 26 1887 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2008.........SUNRISE 558 AM EDT SUNSET 730 PM EDT APRIL 19 2008.........SUNRISE 556 AM EDT SUNSET 731 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$