000 CDUS41 KBOX 030622 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 211 AM EDT WED MAY 3 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 47 542 PM 91 2001 62 -15 63 1930 MINIMUM 44 552 AM 33 1874 46 -2 44 AVERAGE 46 54 -8 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.91 1.14 1897 0.11 0.80 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.92 0.22 0.70 0.14 SINCE MAR 1 3.31 7.67 -4.36 7.20 SINCE JAN 1 10.55 14.89 -4.34 14.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1953 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 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 19 11 8 11 MONTH TO DATE 34 23 11 21 SINCE MAR 1 1293 1341 -48 1391 SINCE JUL 1 5050 5372 -322 5456 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 5 -5 5 SINCE JAN 1 0 5 -5 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 19 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 AM LOWEST 89 100 AM AVERAGE 95 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 92 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 31 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2006...........SUNRISE 537 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT MAY 4 2006...........SUNRISE 536 AM EDT SUNSET 747 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$