752 CDUS41 KBOX 290949 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 547 AM EDT MON APR 29 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 48 1234 AM 90 1990 60 -12 58 MINIMUM 40 1159 PM 30 1947 45 -5 43 AVERAGE 44 53 -9 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.36 2.97 1904 0.11 0.25 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.56 3.38 -0.82 0.88 SINCE MAR 1 6.08 7.23 -1.15 9.04 SINCE JAN 1 11.03 14.45 -3.42 12.10 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.2 1987 MM MM 0.0 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 21 13 8 14 MONTH TO DATE 412 482 -70 469 SINCE MAR 1 1176 1300 -124 1383 SINCE JUL 1 4442 5363 -921 5591 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 8 2 6 9 SINCE MAR 1 8 3 5 9 SINCE JAN 1 8 3 5 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 PM LOWEST 71 1200 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 85 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 31 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2002.........SUNRISE 542 AM EDT SUNSET 741 PM EDT APRIL 30 2002.........SUNRISE 541 AM EDT SUNSET 742 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.