948 CDUS41 KBOX 150537 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 132 AM EDT MON MAR 15 2010 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 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 44 749 AM 76 1946 46 -2 52 MINIMUM 36 1151 AM 12 1896 31 5 28 AVERAGE 40 38 2 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 3.40R 1.93 1958 0.12 3.28 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.34 1.68 3.66 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 5.34 1.68 3.66 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 11.59 8.90 2.69 7.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1980 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.2 4.4 -4.2 10.7 SINCE MAR 1 0.2 4.4 -4.2 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 35.7 37.0 -1.3 65.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 27 -2 25 MONTH TO DATE 333 404 -71 422 SINCE MAR 1 333 404 -71 422 SINCE JUL 1 4271 4435 -164 4529 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 28 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 43 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 54 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 29.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 89 300 PM AVERAGE 95 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 72 1990 1945 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 12 1993 1932 1876 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2010.........SUNRISE 656 AM EDT SUNSET 651 PM EDT MARCH 16 2010.........SUNRISE 655 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$