000 CDUS41 KBOX 160540 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 137 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 69 248 PM 93 1900 66 3 82 MINIMUM 52 458 AM 36 1947 50 2 54 AVERAGE 61 58 3 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.73 1978 0.10 -0.10 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.70 1.61 -0.91 0.24 SINCE MAR 1 8.35 9.06 -0.71 11.26 SINCE JAN 1 18.98 16.28 2.70 16.03 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 4 8 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 166 145 21 79 SINCE MAR 1 1450 1463 -13 1518 SINCE JUL 1 5277 5494 -217 5200 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 3 MONTH TO DATE 2 8 -6 22 SINCE MAR 1 4 13 -9 26 SINCE JAN 1 4 13 -9 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 1100 PM LOWEST 30 1000 AM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 93 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 34 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2008...........SUNRISE 521 AM EDT SUNSET 800 PM EDT MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 520 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$