000 CDUS41 KBOX 160536 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 134 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 52 120 PM 72 1990 46 6 40 1945 MINIMUM 34 528 AM 12 1993 31 3 34 1932 1876 AVERAGE 43 39 4 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.39 1953 0.12 -0.12 0.31 MONTH TO DATE 1.48 1.80 -0.32 3.44 SINCE MAR 1 1.48 1.80 -0.32 3.44 SINCE JAN 1 7.02 9.02 -2.00 14.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.1 1967 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 10.7 4.7 6.0 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 4.7 6.0 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 38.3 27.6 52.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 27 -5 28 MONTH TO DATE 444 431 13 389 SINCE MAR 1 444 431 13 389 SINCE JUL 1 4551 4462 89 4216 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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 800 PM LOWEST 38 1200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 71 2000 1935 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 10 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2009.........SUNRISE 654 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM EDT MARCH 17 2009.........SUNRISE 652 AM EDT SUNSET 653 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$