000 CDUS41 KBOX 230545 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 139 AM EDT MON MAR 23 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22 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 1256 PM 72 1948 48 4 47 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM 8 1885 33 -2 30 AVERAGE 42 41 1 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.59 2001 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.53 2.68 -1.15 4.20 SINCE MAR 1 1.53 2.68 -1.15 4.20 SINCE JAN 1 7.07 9.90 -2.83 14.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1916 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.7 6.6 4.1 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 6.6 4.1 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 40.2 25.7 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 24 -1 26 MONTH TO DATE 624 608 16 583 SINCE MAR 1 624 608 16 583 SINCE JUL 1 4731 4639 92 4410 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 W (280) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 61 1200 AM LOWEST 27 800 PM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 78 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 6 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 23 2009.........SUNRISE 642 AM EDT SUNSET 700 PM EDT MARCH 24 2009.........SUNRISE 640 AM EDT SUNSET 701 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$