000 CDUS41 KBOX 180532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 42 246 PM 70 1990 47 -5 44 MINIMUM 30 357 AM 10 1916 32 -2 29 AVERAGE 36 39 -3 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.58 1968 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.48 2.04 -0.56 3.44 SINCE MAR 1 1.48 2.04 -0.56 3.44 SINCE JAN 1 7.02 9.26 -2.24 14.07 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.1 1993 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.7 5.3 5.4 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 5.3 5.4 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 38.9 27.0 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 26 3 28 MONTH TO DATE 502 483 19 444 SINCE MAR 1 502 483 19 444 SINCE JUL 1 4609 4514 95 4271 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 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 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 85 200 AM LOWEST 60 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 70 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 5 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2009.........SUNRISE 651 AM EDT SUNSET 654 PM EDT MARCH 19 2009.........SUNRISE 649 AM EDT SUNSET 655 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$