000 CDUS41 KBOX 210532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 131 AM EDT SAT MAR 21 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 40 1234 AM 79 1945 47 -7 45 MINIMUM 30 835 PM 10 1885 33 -3 36 AVERAGE 35 40 -5 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.58 1881 0.13 -0.13 0.27 MONTH TO DATE 1.53 2.42 -0.89 4.20 SINCE MAR 1 1.53 2.42 -0.89 4.20 SINCE JAN 1 7.07 9.64 -2.57 14.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.2 1944 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.7 6.2 4.5 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 6.2 4.5 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 39.8 26.1 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 25 5 24 MONTH TO DATE 569 559 10 527 SINCE MAR 1 569 559 10 527 SINCE JUL 1 4676 4590 86 4354 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 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 59 200 AM LOWEST 44 100 AM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 83 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 7 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2009.........SUNRISE 645 AM EDT SUNSET 658 PM EDT MARCH 22 2009.........SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 659 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$