525 CDUS41 KBOX 070557 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1247 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 39 455 PM 70 1894 43 -4 61 MINIMUM 20 720 AM -8 1872 28 -8 46 AVERAGE 30 36 -6 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.15 1943 0.13 -0.13 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 0.79 0.17 0.09 SINCE MAR 1 0.96 0.79 0.17 0.09 SINCE JAN 1 4.63 7.40 -2.77 9.23 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.2 2001 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.5 2.0 -1.5 0.2 SINCE MAR 1 0.5 2.0 -1.5 0.2 SINCE JUL 1 9.2 36.1 -26.9 79.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 29 6 11 MONTH TO DATE 189 180 9 173 SINCE MAR 1 189 180 9 173 SINCE JUL 1 3424 4222 -798 4207 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 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 49 500 AM LOWEST 19 400 PM AVERAGE 34 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 69 1946 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 2 1872 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2012.........SUNRISE 609 AM EST SUNSET 542 PM EST MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 607 AM EST SUNSET 543 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$