000 CDUS41 KBOX 260745 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 343 AM EDT FRI APR 26 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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 59 1258 PM 83 1982 59 0 56 MINIMUM 35 1012 PM 27 1892 43 -8 47 AVERAGE 47 51 -4 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.74 2.10 1901 0.12 0.62 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.17 3.05 -0.88 0.88 SINCE MAR 1 5.69 6.90 -1.21 9.04 SINCE JAN 1 10.64 14.12 -3.48 12.10 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T R T 1955 MM MM MM MONTH TO DATE T 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 18 14 4 13 MONTH TO DATE 353 442 -89 421 SINCE MAR 1 1117 1260 -143 1335 SINCE JUL 1 4383 5323 -940 5543 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 8 0 8 9 SINCE MAR 1 8 1 7 9 SINCE JAN 1 8 1 7 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 32 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1872 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 28 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 26 2002.........SUNRISE 547 AM EDT SUNSET 738 PM EDT APRIL 27 2002.........SUNRISE 545 AM EDT SUNSET 739 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.