626 
CDUS41 KBOX 270056
CLIBDL


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
851 PM EDT MON APR 26 2004

................................... 

...THE HARTFORD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 2004...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0800 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1904 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         54    733 PM  83    1908  64    -10       54       
  MINIMUM         42    344 AM  26    1919  41      1       47       
  AVERAGE         48                        53     -5       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.79          1.49 1910   0.13   0.66     0.94    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.21                      3.34   1.87     2.62    
  SINCE MAR 1      8.09                      7.22   0.87     6.30    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.32                     14.02  -2.70    11.85    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY           MM             T    1975   T     MM       MM       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       1.8   -1.8      2.3     
  SINCE MAR 1      7.0                       9.8   -2.8     13.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     45.5                      46.7   -1.2     74.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY           17                        12      5       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  425                       440    -15      536       
  SINCE MAR 1   1226                      1284    -58     1389       
  SINCE JUL 1   5800                      5825    -25     6236       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                         1      1        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      2                         2      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      2                         2      0        0       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          M500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     82          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    91                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE HARTFORD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        94      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        30      2002                    
                                             1960                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 26 2004.........SUNRISE   553 AM EDT   SUNSET   744 PM EDT   
APRIL 27 2004.........SUNRISE   552 AM EDT   SUNSET   745 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$