000 CDUS41 KBOX 020530 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 60 301 PM 89 1899 61 -1 68 MINIMUM 40 529 AM 33 1880 45 -5 48 AVERAGE 50 53 -3 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.82 1921 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.11 -0.11 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 7.65 7.56 0.09 11.02 SINCE JAN 1 18.28 14.78 3.50 15.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 T 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 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 15 12 3 7 MONTH TO DATE 15 12 3 7 SINCE MAR 1 1299 1330 -31 1446 SINCE JUL 1 5126 5361 -235 5128 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 2 5 -3 4 SINCE JAN 1 2 5 -3 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 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 61 1000 PM LOWEST 22 300 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 91 2001 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 33 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2008...........SUNRISE 537 AM EDT SUNSET 745 PM EDT MAY 3 2008...........SUNRISE 536 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$