011 CDUS41 KBOX 050600 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 150 AM EDT MON APR 5 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 45 MM 75 1950 52 -7 37 MINIMUM 40 MM 17 1954 37 3 29 AVERAGE 43 45 -2 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.22 2.61 1876 0.13 0.09 0.27 MONTH TO DATE 4.93 0.52 4.41 0.43 SINCE MAR 1 8.31 4.37 3.94 4.46 SINCE JAN 1 10.77 11.59 -0.82 10.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 1.1 1915 0.1 MM 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 10.6 8.8 1.8 8.6 SINCE JUL 1 39.4 43.2 -3.8 69.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 20 2 32 MONTH TO DATE 97 83 14 113 SINCE MAR 1 881 898 -17 953 SINCE JUL 1 5034 4929 105 5371 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 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 M100 PM LOWEST 82 M400 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 84 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 11 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2004.........SUNRISE 619 AM EDT SUNSET 715 PM EDT APRIL 6 2004.........SUNRISE 617 AM EDT SUNSET 716 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$