891 CDUS41 KBOX 050600 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1255 AM EST THU MAR 5 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 32 437 PM 70 1974 43 -11 61 MINIMUM 14 639 AM 2 1950 28 -14 39 AVERAGE 23 35 -12 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.64 1881 0.12 -0.12 0.37 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 0.48 0.27 0.61 SINCE MAR 1 0.75 0.48 0.27 0.61 SINCE JAN 1 6.29 7.70 -1.41 11.24 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 12.0 1891 0.3 -0.3 MM MONTH TO DATE 8.5 1.4 7.1 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 8.5 1.4 7.1 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 63.7 35.0 28.7 52.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 42 30 12 15 MONTH TO DATE 168 121 47 105 SINCE MAR 1 168 121 47 105 SINCE JUL 1 4275 4152 123 3932 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 13 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 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 51 600 AM LOWEST 31 300 PM AVERAGE 41 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 72 1880 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -4 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2009.........SUNRISE 613 AM EST SUNSET 539 PM EST MARCH 6 2009.........SUNRISE 611 AM EST SUNSET 540 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$