000 CDUS41 KBOX 300531 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT WED APR 30 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 60 1015 AM 85 1974 61 -1 49 MINIMUM 45 1159 PM 31 1909 45 0 44 AVERAGE 53 53 0 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.95 1.52 1923 0.11 0.84 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 2.98 3.49 -0.51 6.63 SINCE MAR 1 7.65 7.34 0.31 10.94 SINCE JAN 1 18.28 14.56 3.72 15.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.9 1987 T MM 0.0 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 12 12 0 18 MONTH TO DATE 445 491 -46 585 SINCE MAR 1 1267 1306 -39 1431 SINCE JUL 1 5094 5337 -243 5113 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 3 -1 4 SINCE MAR 1 2 4 -2 4 SINCE JAN 1 2 4 -2 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 60 900 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 86 1942 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 31 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2008.........SUNRISE 540 AM EDT SUNSET 743 PM EDT MAY 1 2008...........SUNRISE 539 AM EDT SUNSET 744 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$