000 CDUS41 KBOX 080540 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 138 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 70 1148 AM 95 1930 64 6 65 MINIMUM 55 440 AM 37 1992 47 8 42 1967 AVERAGE 63 55 8 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.50 1998 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.77 -0.32 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 8.10 8.22 -0.12 11.10 SINCE JAN 1 18.73 15.44 3.29 15.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1967 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 2 10 -8 11 MONTH TO DATE 92 76 16 63 SINCE MAR 1 1376 1394 -18 1502 SINCE JUL 1 5203 5425 -222 5184 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 SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 51 1000 PM LOWEST 26 1000 AM AVERAGE 39 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 87 1964 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 34 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2008...........SUNRISE 530 AM EDT SUNSET 752 PM EDT MAY 9 2008...........SUNRISE 529 AM EDT SUNSET 753 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$