000 CDUS41 KBOX 280530 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 127 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 27 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 1131 AM 79 1998 50 -1 55 MINIMUM 38 318 AM 16 1873 35 3 37 AVERAGE 44 42 2 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 1.13 1913 0.13 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE 1.81 3.33 -1.52 4.20 SINCE MAR 1 1.81 3.33 -1.52 4.20 SINCE JAN 1 7.35 10.55 -3.20 14.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.6 1959 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 10.7 7.6 3.1 1.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 7.6 3.1 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 41.2 24.7 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 23 -2 19 MONTH TO DATE 759 726 33 708 SINCE MAR 1 759 726 33 708 SINCE JUL 1 4866 4757 109 4535 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 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 76 1100 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 85 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 11 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 28 2009.........SUNRISE 633 AM EDT SUNSET 706 PM EDT MARCH 29 2009.........SUNRISE 632 AM EDT SUNSET 707 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$