000 CDUS41 KBOX 160554 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 142 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2005 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 55 852 AM 93 1900 66 -11 89 MINIMUM 45 1159 PM 36 1947 50 -5 61 AVERAGE 50 58 -8 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.73 1978 0.10 -0.09 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.80 1.61 -0.81 1.05 SINCE MAR 1 7.86 9.06 -1.20 14.00 SINCE JAN 1 15.01 16.28 -1.27 16.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 14.5 10.2 4.3 10.6 SINCE JUL 1 86.6 44.5 42.1 39.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 8 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 199 145 54 93 SINCE MAR 1 1569 1463 106 1335 SINCE JUL 1 5634 5494 140 5488 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 10 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 23 SINCE MAR 1 5 13 -8 26 SINCE JAN 1 5 13 -8 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 77 800 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 93 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 34 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2005...........SUNRISE 522 AM EDT SUNSET 800 PM EDT MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE 521 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$