661 CDUS41 KBOX 220544 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1243 AM EST SAT MAR 22 2003 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 2003... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2003 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 63 343 PM 83 1921 48 15 48 MINIMUM 39 122 AM 7 1885 33 6 34 AVERAGE 51 40 11 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.34 2.50 1876 0.13 0.21 T MONTH TO DATE 2.00 2.55 -0.55 2.33 SINCE MAR 1 2.00 2.55 -0.55 2.33 SINCE JAN 1 8.02 9.77 -1.75 7.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.2 1958 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 8.1 6.4 1.7 1.1 SINCE MAR 1 8.1 6.4 1.7 1.1 SINCE JUL 1 68.6 40.7 27.9 14.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 25 -11 24 MONTH TO DATE 666 584 82 535 SINCE MAR 1 666 584 82 535 SINCE JUL 1 5084 4615 469 3801 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 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 78 300 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 72 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 8 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 22 2003.........SUNRISE 545 AM EST SUNSET 558 PM EST MARCH 23 2003.........SUNRISE 543 AM EST SUNSET 559 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.