001 CDUS41 KBOX 050551 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1240 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 51 MM 70 1974 43 8 35 MINIMUM 38 MM 2 1950 28 10 9 AVERAGE 45 35 10 22 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 2.64 1881 0.12 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 0.48 -0.36 0.87 SINCE MAR 1 0.12 0.48 -0.36 0.87 SINCE JAN 1 2.58 7.70 -5.12 6.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 12.0 1891 0.3 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.4 -1.4 0.3 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.4 -1.4 0.3 SINCE JUL 1 28.8 35.7 -6.9 60.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 30 -10 43 MONTH TO DATE 69 121 -52 144 SINCE MAR 1 69 121 -52 144 SINCE JUL 1 4217 4152 65 4562 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 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 M700 AM LOWEST 57 1200 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 72 1880 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -4 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2004.........SUNRISE 612 AM EST SUNSET 539 PM EST MARCH 6 2004.........SUNRISE 611 AM EST SUNSET 540 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$