000 CDUS41 KBOX 050532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 52 635 PM 90 2001 63 -11 68 MINIMUM 45 114 AM 33 1911 46 -1 50 AVERAGE 49 54 -5 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.24 2.71 1893 0.11 0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.44 0.01 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 8.10 7.89 0.21 11.10 SINCE JAN 1 18.73 15.11 3.62 15.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1920 0.0 0.0 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 16 11 5 6 MONTH TO DATE 67 45 22 28 SINCE MAR 1 1351 1363 -12 1467 SINCE JUL 1 5178 5394 -216 5149 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 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 PM LOWEST 83 1200 AM AVERAGE 92 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 89 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 35 1907 1891 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2008...........SUNRISE 534 AM EDT SUNSET 749 PM EDT MAY 6 2008...........SUNRISE 532 AM EDT SUNSET 750 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$