000 CDUS41 KBOX 150540 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 138 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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 60 1006 AM 86 1879 66 -6 75 MINIMUM 48 500 AM 37 1895 50 -2 47 AVERAGE 54 58 -4 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.77 2006 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.70 1.51 -0.81 0.15 SINCE MAR 1 8.35 8.96 -0.61 11.17 SINCE JAN 1 18.98 16.18 2.80 15.94 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 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 11 8 3 4 MONTH TO DATE 162 137 25 79 SINCE MAR 1 1446 1455 -9 1518 SINCE JUL 1 5273 5486 -213 5200 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 7 -5 19 SINCE MAR 1 4 12 -8 23 SINCE JAN 1 4 12 -8 23 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 66 200 AM LOWEST 33 200 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 93 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 36 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2008...........SUNRISE 522 AM EDT SUNSET 759 PM EDT MAY 16 2008...........SUNRISE 521 AM EDT SUNSET 800 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$