000 CDUS41 KBOX 170534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 59 831 AM 93 1932 67 -8 64 MINIMUM 48 813 PM 34 1936 50 -2 46 AVERAGE 54 59 -5 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.25 4.47 1954 0.10 0.15 0.79 MONTH TO DATE 0.95 1.71 -0.76 1.03 SINCE MAR 1 8.60 9.16 -0.56 12.05 SINCE JAN 1 19.23 16.38 2.85 16.82 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 7 4 10 MONTH TO DATE 177 152 25 89 SINCE MAR 1 1461 1470 -9 1528 SINCE JUL 1 5288 5501 -213 5210 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 9 -7 22 SINCE MAR 1 4 14 -10 26 SINCE JAN 1 4 14 -10 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 700 PM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 92 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 39 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 520 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 519 AM EDT SUNSET 802 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$