122 CDUS41 KBOX 210544 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 143 AM EDT WED APR 21 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 72 MM 89 1976 58 14 52 MINIMUM 46 MM 21 1897 42 4 36 AVERAGE 59 50 9 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.87 1874 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 7.35 2.45 4.90 2.61 SINCE MAR 1 10.73 6.30 4.43 6.64 SINCE JAN 1 13.19 13.52 -0.33 12.66 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1904 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.8 -1.8 2.3 SINCE MAR 1 10.6 10.1 0.5 10.8 SINCE JUL 1 39.4 44.5 -5.1 71.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 15 -9 21 MONTH TO DATE 349 368 -19 477 SINCE MAR 1 1133 1183 -50 1317 SINCE JUL 1 5286 5214 72 5735 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 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 M700 PM LOWEST 26 M100 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 88 1957 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2004.........SUNRISE 553 AM EDT SUNSET 733 PM EDT APRIL 22 2004.........SUNRISE 552 AM EDT SUNSET 734 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$