000 CDUS41 KBOX 090534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 131 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 77 443 PM 87 1964 64 13 80 1895 MINIMUM 57 443 AM 34 1956 48 9 47 AVERAGE 67 56 11 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 1.42 1886 0.11 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.88 -0.39 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 8.14 8.33 -0.19 11.10 SINCE JAN 1 18.77 15.55 3.22 15.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1938 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 0 10 -10 1 MONTH TO DATE 92 86 6 64 SINCE MAR 1 1376 1404 -28 1503 SINCE JUL 1 5203 5435 -232 5185 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 1 1 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 6 -2 4 SINCE JAN 1 4 6 -2 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 12 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 800 AM LOWEST 20 600 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 95 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 35 1977 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2008...........SUNRISE 529 AM EDT SUNSET 753 PM EDT MAY 10 2008...........SUNRISE 528 AM EDT SUNSET 754 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$