000 CDUS41 KBOX 010538 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 138 AM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 71 415 PM 86 1942 61 10 56 MINIMUM 43 451 AM 31 1874 45 -2 40 AVERAGE 57 53 4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.44 1921 0.11 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.71 3.60 3.11 1.83 SINCE MAR 1 11.02 7.45 3.57 2.39 SINCE JAN 1 15.79 14.67 1.12 9.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 T 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.5 1.9 -1.4 T SINCE MAR 1 10.7 10.2 0.5 T SINCE JUL 1 17.1 43.8 -26.7 39.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 12 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 593 503 90 449 SINCE MAR 1 1439 1318 121 1259 SINCE JUL 1 5121 5349 -228 5016 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 4 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 5 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 4 5 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 29 500 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... 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 2007...........SUNRISE 540 AM EDT SUNSET 743 PM EDT MAY 2 2007...........SUNRISE 538 AM EDT SUNSET 744 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$