425 CDUS41 KBOX 300552 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 141 AM EDT FRI APR 30 2004 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 74 MM 85 1974 61 13 81 MINIMUM 43 MM 31 1909 45 -2 55 AVERAGE 59 53 6 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.52 1923 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 9.57 3.49 6.08 4.00 SINCE MAR 1 12.95 7.34 5.61 8.03 SINCE JAN 1 15.41 14.56 0.85 14.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1987 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 12 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 458 491 -33 604 SINCE MAR 1 1242 1306 -64 1444 SINCE JUL 1 5395 5337 58 5862 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 3 SINCE MAR 1 0 4 -4 3 SINCE JAN 1 0 4 -4 3 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.1 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 57 1100 PM LOWEST 29 1100 AM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 86 1942 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 31 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2004.........SUNRISE 540 AM EDT SUNSET 743 PM EDT MAY 1 2004...........SUNRISE 539 AM EDT SUNSET 744 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$