000 CDUS41 KBOX 010532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 53 304 PM 86 1942 61 -8 71 MINIMUM 42 551 AM 31 1874 45 -3 43 AVERAGE 48 53 -5 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.44 1921 0.11 -0.11 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 2.98 3.60 -0.62 6.71 SINCE MAR 1 7.65 7.45 0.20 11.02 SINCE JAN 1 18.28 14.67 3.61 15.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 T 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.9 -1.9 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 10.2 -9.2 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 52.0 43.8 8.2 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 12 5 8 MONTH TO DATE 462 503 -41 593 SINCE MAR 1 1284 1318 -34 1439 SINCE JUL 1 5111 5349 -238 5121 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 4 -2 4 SINCE MAR 1 2 5 -3 4 SINCE JAN 1 2 5 -3 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 65 1200 AM LOWEST 29 700 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... 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 2008...........SUNRISE 539 AM EDT SUNSET 744 PM EDT MAY 2 2008...........SUNRISE 537 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. $$