526 CDUS41 KBOX 040542 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1236 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 47 458 PM 61 1945 42 5 29 MINIMUM 34 240 AM 4 1950 28 6 12 AVERAGE 41 35 6 21 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.38 1.95 1972 0.13 0.25 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 0.40 0.56 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.96 0.40 0.56 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 4.63 7.01 -2.38 9.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.3 1960 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.4 1.1 -0.7 0.2 SINCE MAR 1 0.4 1.1 -0.7 0.2 SINCE JUL 1 9.1 35.2 -26.1 79.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 30 -6 44 MONTH TO DATE 94 91 3 103 SINCE MAR 1 94 91 3 103 SINCE JUL 1 3329 4133 -804 4137 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FREEZING RAIN LT FREEZING RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 58 1100 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 70 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 2 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2012.........SUNRISE 614 AM EST SUNSET 538 PM EST MARCH 5 2012.........SUNRISE 612 AM EST SUNSET 539 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$