000 CDUS41 KBOX 060533 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 58 628 PM 89 1949 63 -5 67 MINIMUM 44 642 AM 35 1907 47 -3 48 1891 1874 AVERAGE 51 55 -4 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.06 1922 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.55 -0.10 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 8.10 8.00 0.10 11.10 SINCE JAN 1 18.73 15.22 3.51 15.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1917 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 14 11 3 7 MONTH TO DATE 81 56 25 35 SINCE MAR 1 1365 1374 -9 1474 SINCE JUL 1 5192 5405 -213 5156 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 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 57 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 90 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 33 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2008...........SUNRISE 532 AM EDT SUNSET 750 PM EDT MAY 7 2008...........SUNRISE 531 AM EDT SUNSET 751 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$