975 CDUS41 KBOX 060549 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1244 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2012 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 38 340 PM 72 1880 42 -4 55 MINIMUM 25 1159 PM -4 1872 28 -3 29 AVERAGE 32 35 -3 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.28 1952 0.13 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE 0.96 0.66 0.30 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.96 0.66 0.30 0.02 SINCE JAN 1 4.63 7.27 -2.64 9.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.7 1993 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.5 1.7 -1.2 0.2 SINCE MAR 1 0.5 1.7 -1.2 0.2 SINCE JUL 1 9.2 35.8 -26.6 79.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 30 3 23 MONTH TO DATE 154 151 3 162 SINCE MAR 1 154 151 3 162 SINCE JUL 1 3389 4193 -804 4196 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 13 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 56 1200 AM LOWEST 27 400 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 70 1894 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -8 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2012.........SUNRISE 611 AM EST SUNSET 541 PM EST MARCH 7 2012.........SUNRISE 609 AM EST SUNSET 542 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$