000 CDUS41 KBOX 190537 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 134 AM EDT MON MAY 19 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 71 125 PM 91 1936 67 4 46 MINIMUM 55 1159 PM 37 2002 51 4 42 AVERAGE 63 59 4 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.72 2007 0.10 -0.10 1.72 MONTH TO DATE 1.39 1.91 -0.52 2.75 SINCE MAR 1 9.04 9.36 -0.32 13.77 SINCE JAN 1 19.67 16.58 3.09 18.54 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 2 7 -5 21 MONTH TO DATE 182 166 16 127 SINCE MAR 1 1466 1484 -18 1566 SINCE JUL 1 5293 5515 -222 5248 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 11 -9 22 SINCE MAR 1 4 16 -12 26 SINCE JAN 1 4 16 -12 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 1000 PM LOWEST 22 1200 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 90 1986 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 38 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2008...........SUNRISE 519 AM EDT SUNSET 803 PM EDT MAY 20 2008...........SUNRISE 518 AM EDT SUNSET 804 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$