079 CDUS41 KBOX 230617 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 206 AM EDT FRI APR 23 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 81 MM 88 1977 58 23 49 MINIMUM 49 MM 26 1875 43 6 43 AVERAGE 65 50 15 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.89 1937 0.12 -0.12 0.49 MONTH TO DATE 7.35 2.69 4.66 3.18 SINCE MAR 1 10.73 6.54 4.19 7.21 SINCE JAN 1 13.19 13.76 -0.57 13.23 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 1.3 1940 T MM 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 0 15 -15 19 MONTH TO DATE 362 398 -36 514 SINCE MAR 1 1146 1213 -67 1354 SINCE JUL 1 5299 5244 55 5772 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 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 M400 AM LOWEST 33 M400 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 85 1908 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 29 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2004.........SUNRISE 550 AM EDT SUNSET 735 PM EDT APRIL 24 2004.........SUNRISE 549 AM EDT SUNSET 736 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$