000 CDUS41 KBOX 050530 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 53 1050 AM 75 1950 52 1 44 MINIMUM 41 1159 PM 17 1954 37 4 37 AVERAGE 47 45 2 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.61 1876 0.13 -0.13 0.73 MONTH TO DATE 0.83 0.52 0.31 0.90 SINCE MAR 1 3.34 4.37 -1.03 5.57 SINCE JAN 1 8.88 11.59 -2.71 16.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.1 1915 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 8.8 1.9 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 42.4 23.5 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 20 -2 24 MONTH TO DATE 77 83 -6 72 SINCE MAR 1 924 898 26 894 SINCE JUL 1 5031 4929 102 4721 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 16 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 48 1100 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 84 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 11 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2009.........SUNRISE 620 AM EDT SUNSET 715 PM EDT APRIL 6 2009.........SUNRISE 618 AM EDT SUNSET 716 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$