065 CDUS41 KBOX 040527 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1226 AM EST THU MAR 4 2010 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 2010... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 38 1249 PM 61 1945 42 -4 26 MINIMUM 34 1159 PM 4 1950 28 6 15 AVERAGE 36 35 1 21 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.95 1972 0.12 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.36 -0.03 0.75 SINCE MAR 1 0.33 0.36 -0.03 0.75 SINCE JAN 1 6.58 7.58 -1.00 6.29 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.3 1960 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE T 1.1 -1.1 8.5 SINCE MAR 1 T 1.1 -1.1 8.5 SINCE JUL 1 35.5 33.7 1.8 63.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 30 -1 44 MONTH TO DATE 78 91 -13 126 SINCE MAR 1 78 91 -13 126 SINCE JUL 1 4016 4122 -106 4233 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 13 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 AM LOWEST 70 800 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 70 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 2 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2010.........SUNRISE 615 AM EST SUNSET 538 PM EST MARCH 5 2010.........SUNRISE 613 AM EST SUNSET 539 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$