000 CDUS41 KBOX 180535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT SUN MAY 18 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 73 148 PM 92 1977 67 6 50 MINIMUM 50 652 AM 39 1882 51 -1 46 AVERAGE 62 59 3 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.44 1.88 1916 0.10 0.34 T MONTH TO DATE 1.39 1.81 -0.42 1.03 SINCE MAR 1 9.04 9.26 -0.22 12.05 SINCE JAN 1 19.67 16.48 3.19 16.82 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 3 7 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 180 159 21 106 SINCE MAR 1 1464 1477 -13 1545 SINCE JUL 1 5291 5508 -217 5227 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 10 -8 22 SINCE MAR 1 4 15 -11 26 SINCE JAN 1 4 15 -11 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 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 86 600 AM LOWEST 27 200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 91 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 37 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 519 AM EDT SUNSET 802 PM EDT MAY 19 2008...........SUNRISE 519 AM EDT SUNSET 803 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$