000 CDUS41 KBOX 081710 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 105 PM EDT WED APR 8 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 1019 AM 86 1991 53 0 43 MINIMUM 37 1159 PM 16 1982 38 -1 36 AVERAGE 45 46 -1 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.24 1901 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.00 0.89 1.11 0.97 SINCE MAR 1 4.51 4.74 -0.23 5.64 SINCE JAN 1 10.05 11.96 -1.91 16.27 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 4.0 1893 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 9.1 1.6 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 42.7 23.2 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 20 0 25 MONTH TO DATE 132 143 -11 139 SINCE MAR 1 979 958 21 961 SINCE JUL 1 5086 4989 97 4788 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 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 50 1000 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 85 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 21 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2009.........SUNRISE 614 AM EDT SUNSET 718 PM EDT APRIL 9 2009.........SUNRISE 613 AM EDT SUNSET 719 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$