000 CDUS41 KBOX 030529 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 50 332 PM 91 2001 62 -12 66 1930 MINIMUM 46 1144 PM 33 1874 46 0 48 AVERAGE 48 54 -6 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 1.14 1897 0.11 0.03 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.22 -0.08 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 7.79 7.67 0.12 11.10 SINCE JAN 1 18.42 14.89 3.53 15.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1953 T MM 0.0 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 17 11 6 8 MONTH TO DATE 32 23 9 15 SINCE MAR 1 1316 1341 -25 1454 SINCE JUL 1 5143 5372 -229 5136 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 100 PM LOWEST 56 1200 AM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... 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 2008...........SUNRISE 536 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT MAY 4 2008...........SUNRISE 535 AM EDT SUNSET 748 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$