000 CDUS41 KBOX 040527 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1225 AM EST THU APR 4 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 68 228 PM 77 1892 52 16 49 MINIMUM 40 1020 PM 21 1954 37 3 32 AVERAGE 54 44 10 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.16 2.30 1990 0.13 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.09 0.39 0.70 T SINCE MAR 1 4.61 4.24 0.37 8.16 SINCE JAN 1 9.56 11.46 -1.90 11.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1915 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM T SINCE MAR 1 1.4 MM MM 19.4 SINCE JUL 1 14.8 MM MM 46.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 21 -10 24 MONTH TO DATE 42 63 -21 82 SINCE MAR 1 806 881 -75 996 SINCE JUL 1 4072 4944 -872 5204 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) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.4 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 89 400 AM LOWEST 67 100 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 75 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 17 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2002.........SUNRISE 522 AM EST SUNSET 613 PM EST APRIL 5 2002.........SUNRISE 520 AM EST SUNSET 614 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.