000 CDUS41 KBOX 281230 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 727 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 60 226 PM 64 1957 41 19 40 MINIMUM 34 105 AM -4 1900 27 7 25 AVERAGE 47 34 13 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 0.96 1912 0.12 0.05 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 1.92 3.18 -1.26 7.91 SINCE DEC 1 12.62 10.83 1.79 15.85 SINCE JAN 1 5.52 7.10 -1.58 10.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 4.5 1952 0.4 MM 0.9 MONTH TO DATE 6.2 10.9 -4.7 14.5 SINCE DEC 1 55.2 31.1 24.1 50.5 SINCE JUL 1 55.2 33.2 22.0 50.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 31 -13 32 MONTH TO DATE 870 920 -50 845 SINCE DEC 1 3008 2956 52 2821 SINCE JUL 1 4083 4000 83 3738 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 17 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 AM LOWEST 57 1200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 63 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 2 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2009......SUNRISE 621 AM EST SUNSET 533 PM EST MARCH 1 2009.........SUNRISE 619 AM EST SUNSET 534 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$