717 CDUS41 KBOX 080549 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 144 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 52 1107 AM 90 2010 53 -1 46 MINIMUM 38 530 AM 16 1982 38 0 34 AVERAGE 45 45 0 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.24 1901 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 0.95 -0.71 0.90 SINCE MAR 1 1.45 5.27 -3.82 3.00 SINCE JAN 1 5.12 11.88 -6.76 12.14 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1893 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.9 SINCE MAR 1 0.6 8.6 -8.0 2.2 SINCE JUL 1 9.3 42.7 -33.4 81.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 20 0 25 MONTH TO DATE 128 147 -19 144 SINCE MAR 1 697 976 -279 945 SINCE JUL 1 3932 5018 -1086 4979 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 9 0 9 0 SINCE JAN 1 9 0 9 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 57 1100 PM LOWEST 26 1000 AM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 85 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 21 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2012.........SUNRISE 614 AM EDT SUNSET 718 PM EDT APRIL 9 2012.........SUNRISE 612 AM EDT SUNSET 720 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$