000 CDUS41 KBOX 180634 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 231 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 69 1249 PM 92 1977 67 2 61 MINIMUM 50 508 AM 39 1882 51 -1 48 AVERAGE 60 59 1 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.88 1916 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 11.63 1.81 9.82 1.07 SINCE MAR 1 14.02 9.26 4.76 8.13 SINCE JAN 1 21.26 16.48 4.78 15.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 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 5 7 -2 10 MONTH TO DATE 208 159 49 225 SINCE MAR 1 1467 1477 -10 1595 SINCE JUL 1 5224 5508 -284 5660 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 10 -7 0 SINCE MAR 1 3 15 -12 5 SINCE JAN 1 3 15 -12 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 13 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 AM LOWEST 45 100 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 91 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 37 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2006...........SUNRISE 520 AM EDT SUNSET 802 PM EDT MAY 19 2006...........SUNRISE 519 AM EDT SUNSET 803 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$