000 CDUS41 KBOX 070536 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 131 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 66 610 PM 90 1930 63 3 51 MINIMUM 46 500 AM 33 1891 47 -1 44 AVERAGE 56 55 1 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1998 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.66 -0.21 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 8.10 8.11 -0.01 11.10 SINCE JAN 1 18.73 15.33 3.40 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 9 10 -1 17 MONTH TO DATE 90 66 24 52 SINCE MAR 1 1374 1384 -10 1491 SINCE JUL 1 5201 5415 -214 5173 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 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 39 900 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 95 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 37 1992 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2008...........SUNRISE 531 AM EDT SUNSET 751 PM EDT MAY 8 2008...........SUNRISE 530 AM EDT SUNSET 752 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$