000 CDUS41 KBOX 220533 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 132 AM EDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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 39 353 PM 83 1921 48 -9 40 MINIMUM 27 611 AM 7 1885 33 -6 30 AVERAGE 33 40 -7 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.50 1876 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.53 2.55 -1.02 4.20 SINCE MAR 1 1.53 2.55 -1.02 4.20 SINCE JAN 1 7.07 9.77 -2.70 14.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.2 1958 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.7 6.4 4.3 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 6.4 4.3 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 40.0 25.9 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 25 7 30 MONTH TO DATE 601 584 17 557 SINCE MAR 1 601 584 17 557 SINCE JUL 1 4708 4615 93 4384 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 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 600 PM LOWEST 40 1000 AM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 72 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 8 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 22 2009.........SUNRISE 644 AM EDT SUNSET 659 PM EDT MARCH 23 2009.........SUNRISE 642 AM EDT SUNSET 700 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$