697 CDUS41 KBOX 030611 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 100 AM EST SAT APR 3 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2 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 40 MM 75 1967 52 -12 43 MINIMUM 38 MM 19 1919 36 2 34 AVERAGE 39 44 -5 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.42 1.83 1970 0.13 0.29 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 4.71 0.26 4.45 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 8.09 4.11 3.98 4.16 SINCE JAN 1 10.55 11.33 -0.78 10.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.0 1924 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 0.3 MM T SINCE MAR 1 10.6 8.6 2.0 8.5 SINCE JUL 1 39.4 43.0 -3.6 69.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 21 5 26 MONTH TO DATE 50 42 8 55 SINCE MAR 1 834 857 -23 895 SINCE JUL 1 4987 4888 99 5313 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 16 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.6 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 1200 AM LOWEST 85 M500 PM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 77 1892 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 21 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 3 2004.........SUNRISE 523 AM EST SUNSET 613 PM EST APRIL 4 2004.........SUNRISE 621 AM EDT SUNSET 714 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$