648 CDUS41 KBOX 040551 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1240 AM EST THU MAR 4 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 55 MM 61 1945 42 13 38 MINIMUM 43 MM 4 1950 28 15 11 AVERAGE 49 35 14 25 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.95 1972 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.36 -0.33 0.87 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 0.36 -0.33 0.87 SINCE JAN 1 2.49 7.58 -5.09 6.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.3 1960 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.1 -1.1 0.3 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.1 -1.1 0.3 SINCE JUL 1 28.8 35.4 -6.6 60.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 30 -14 40 MONTH TO DATE 49 91 -42 101 SINCE MAR 1 49 91 -42 101 SINCE JUL 1 4197 4122 75 4519 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 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 62 M400 AM LOWEST 38 M300 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 70 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 2 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2004.........SUNRISE 614 AM EST SUNSET 538 PM EST MARCH 5 2004.........SUNRISE 612 AM EST SUNSET 539 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$