000 CDUS41 KBOX 230541 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 138 AM EDT THU APR 23 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 62 1125 AM 88 1977 58 4 67 MINIMUM 47 1141 PM 26 1875 43 4 44 AVERAGE 55 50 5 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 1.89 1937 0.12 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.06 2.69 1.37 1.45 SINCE MAR 1 6.57 6.54 0.03 6.12 SINCE JAN 1 12.11 13.76 -1.65 16.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.3 1940 T 0.0 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 10 15 -5 9 MONTH TO DATE 400 398 2 377 SINCE MAR 1 1247 1213 34 1199 SINCE JUL 1 5354 5244 110 5026 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 64 900 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 86 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 29 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2009.........SUNRISE 551 AM EDT SUNSET 735 PM EDT APRIL 24 2009.........SUNRISE 549 AM EDT SUNSET 736 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$