000 CDUS41 KBOX 150532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 126 AM EDT SUN MAR 15 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 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 52 404 PM 76 1946 46 6 51 MINIMUM 28 550 AM 12 1896 31 -3 32 AVERAGE 40 38 2 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.93 1958 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE 1.48 1.68 -0.20 3.13 SINCE MAR 1 1.48 1.68 -0.20 3.13 SINCE JAN 1 7.02 8.90 -1.88 13.76 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1980 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.7 4.4 6.3 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 4.4 6.3 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 38.0 27.9 52.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 27 -2 23 MONTH TO DATE 422 404 18 361 SINCE MAR 1 422 404 18 361 SINCE JUL 1 4529 4435 94 4188 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 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 500 AM LOWEST 21 500 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 72 1990 1945 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 12 1993 1932 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2009.........SUNRISE 656 AM EDT SUNSET 651 PM EDT MARCH 16 2009.........SUNRISE 654 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$