000 CDUS41 KBOX 010534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1233 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 52 152 AM 63 1976 42 10 28 MINIMUM 30 1159 PM 2 1907 27 3 17 AVERAGE 41 34 7 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.01 1958 0.12 -0.10 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 1.94 3.30 -1.36 7.94 SINCE DEC 1 12.64 10.95 1.69 15.88 SINCE JAN 1 5.54 7.22 -1.68 10.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.6 1948 0.4 -0.4 0.5 MONTH TO DATE 6.2 11.3 -5.1 15.0 SINCE DEC 1 55.2 31.5 23.7 51.0 SINCE JUL 1 55.2 33.6 21.6 51.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 31 -7 42 MONTH TO DATE 894 951 -57 887 SINCE DEC 1 3032 2987 45 2863 SINCE JUL 1 4107 4031 76 3780 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 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 200 AM LOWEST 35 500 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 63 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -1 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2009.........SUNRISE 619 AM EST SUNSET 534 PM EST MARCH 2 2009.........SUNRISE 618 AM EST SUNSET 535 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$