000 CDUS41 KBOX 010700 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 249 AM EDT MON MAY 1 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 2006... 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 56 411 PM 86 1942 61 -5 57 MINIMUM 40 219 AM 31 1874 45 -5 46 AVERAGE 48 53 -5 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.44 1921 0.11 -0.11 0.32 MONTH TO DATE 1.83 3.60 -1.77 3.17 SINCE MAR 1 2.39 7.45 -5.06 7.06 SINCE JAN 1 9.63 14.67 -5.04 14.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 T 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE T 1.9 -1.9 T SINCE MAR 1 T 10.2 -10.2 14.5 SINCE JUL 1 39.9 43.8 -3.9 86.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 12 5 13 MONTH TO DATE 449 503 -54 456 SINCE MAR 1 1259 1318 -59 1370 SINCE JUL 1 5016 5349 -333 5435 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 5 SINCE MAR 1 0 5 -5 5 SINCE JAN 1 0 5 -5 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 53 200 AM LOWEST 30 900 AM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 89 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 33 1880 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2006...........SUNRISE 540 AM EDT SUNSET 744 PM EDT MAY 2 2006...........SUNRISE 538 AM EDT SUNSET 745 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$