000 CDUS41 KBOX 200539 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 19 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 49 718 AM 72 1903 47 2 41 MINIMUM 40 1154 PM 5 1876 32 8 33 AVERAGE 45 40 5 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.26 1899 0.13 -0.08 0.49 MONTH TO DATE 1.53 2.29 -0.76 3.93 SINCE MAR 1 1.53 2.29 -0.76 3.93 SINCE JAN 1 7.07 9.51 -2.44 14.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 13.2 1956 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 10.7 5.9 4.8 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 5.9 4.8 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 39.5 26.4 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 25 -5 28 MONTH TO DATE 539 534 5 503 SINCE MAR 1 539 534 5 503 SINCE JUL 1 4646 4565 81 4330 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 1200 PM LOWEST 53 900 AM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 79 1945 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 10 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 20 2009.........SUNRISE 647 AM EDT SUNSET 657 PM EDT MARCH 21 2009.........SUNRISE 645 AM EDT SUNSET 658 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$