000 CDUS41 KBOX 180548 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 146 AM EDT SAT APR 18 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 70 416 PM 93 2002 57 13 56 MINIMUM 41 228 AM 26 1908 41 0 40 AVERAGE 56 49 7 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.47 1954 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.64 2.09 0.55 1.45 SINCE MAR 1 5.15 5.94 -0.79 6.12 SINCE JAN 1 10.69 13.16 -2.47 16.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.6 1935 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.8 -1.8 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 10.1 0.6 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 43.7 22.2 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 16 -7 17 MONTH TO DATE 326 321 5 314 SINCE MAR 1 1173 1136 37 1136 SINCE JUL 1 5280 5167 113 4963 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 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 57 100 AM LOWEST 16 400 PM AVERAGE 37 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 94 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 26 1887 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2009.........SUNRISE 558 AM EDT SUNSET 729 PM EDT APRIL 19 2009.........SUNRISE 557 AM EDT SUNSET 730 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$