000 CDUS41 KBOX 280552 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 141 AM EDT WED APR 28 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 55 MM 92 1990 60 -5 59 MINIMUM 45 MM 33 1993 44 1 43 AVERAGE 50 52 -2 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.36 1.50 1882 0.11 0.25 T MONTH TO DATE 9.57 3.27 6.30 4.00 SINCE MAR 1 12.95 7.12 5.83 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 15.41 14.34 1.07 14.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 2.1 1993 T MM MM 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 15 13 2 14 MONTH TO DATE 440 466 -26 601 SINCE MAR 1 1224 1281 -57 1441 SINCE JUL 1 5377 5312 65 5859 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 2 -2 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 M300 AM LOWEST 59 1100 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 90 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 30 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2004.........SUNRISE 543 AM EDT SUNSET 741 PM EDT APRIL 29 2004.........SUNRISE 542 AM EDT SUNSET 742 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$