847 CDUS41 KBOX 020613 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 102 AM EST FRI APR 2 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 1 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 43 MM 76 1918 51 -8 44 MINIMUM 39 MM 13 1923 36 3 28 AVERAGE 41 44 -3 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 4.29R 2.02 1962 0.13 4.16 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 4.29 0.13 4.16 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 7.67 3.98 3.69 4.04 SINCE JAN 1 10.13 11.20 -1.07 10.06 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 22.4 1997 0.2 MM T MONTH TO DATE MM 0.2 MM T SINCE MAR 1 10.6 8.5 2.1 8.5 SINCE JUL 1 39.4 42.9 -3.5 69.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 21 3 29 MONTH TO DATE 24 21 3 29 SINCE MAR 1 808 836 -28 869 SINCE JUL 1 4961 4867 94 5287 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 19 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 M600 AM LOWEST 86 M700 PM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 75 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 19 1919 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 2 2004.........SUNRISE 524 AM EST SUNSET 612 PM EST APRIL 3 2004.........SUNRISE 523 AM EST SUNSET 613 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$