000 CDUS41 KBOX 300526 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 125 AM EDT THU APR 30 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 59 1207 AM 85 1974 61 -2 60 MINIMUM 48 1159 PM 31 1909 45 3 45 AVERAGE 54 53 1 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.52 1923 0.11 -0.11 0.95 MONTH TO DATE 4.13 3.49 0.64 2.98 SINCE MAR 1 6.64 7.34 -0.70 7.65 SINCE JAN 1 12.18 14.56 -2.38 18.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1987 T 0.0 MM 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 11 12 -1 12 MONTH TO DATE 440 491 -51 445 SINCE MAR 1 1287 1306 -19 1267 SINCE JUL 1 5394 5337 57 5094 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 3 15 2 SINCE MAR 1 18 4 14 2 SINCE JAN 1 18 4 14 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 54 1100 PM LOWEST 22 900 AM AVERAGE 38 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 86 1942 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 31 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2009.........SUNRISE 540 AM EDT SUNSET 743 PM EDT MAY 1 2009...........SUNRISE 539 AM EDT SUNSET 744 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$