000 CDUS41 KBOX 040531 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT SUN MAY 4 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 48 700 AM 92 2001 62 -14 68 MINIMUM 43 1205 PM 31 1882 46 -3 47 AVERAGE 46 54 -8 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 2.40 1900 0.11 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.21 0.33 -0.12 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 7.86 7.78 0.08 11.10 SINCE JAN 1 18.49 15.00 3.49 15.87 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 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 19 11 8 7 MONTH TO DATE 51 34 17 22 SINCE MAR 1 1335 1352 -17 1461 SINCE JUL 1 5162 5383 -221 5143 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 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 400 AM LOWEST 60 800 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 90 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 33 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2008...........SUNRISE 535 AM EDT SUNSET 748 PM EDT MAY 5 2008...........SUNRISE 534 AM EDT SUNSET 749 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$