000 CDUS41 KBOX 030544 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 134 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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 51 858 PM 75 1967 52 -1 55 1918 MINIMUM 40 1249 PM 19 1919 36 4 36 AVERAGE 46 44 2 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.83 1970 0.13 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.26 -0.15 0.17 SINCE MAR 1 2.62 4.11 -1.49 4.84 SINCE JAN 1 8.16 11.33 -3.17 15.47 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1924 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 8.6 2.1 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 42.2 23.7 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 21 -2 19 MONTH TO DATE 43 42 1 26 SINCE MAR 1 890 857 33 848 SINCE JUL 1 4997 4888 109 4675 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 PM LOWEST 86 1100 AM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 77 1892 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 21 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 3 2009.........SUNRISE 623 AM EDT SUNSET 712 PM EDT APRIL 4 2009.........SUNRISE 621 AM EDT SUNSET 714 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$