000 CDUS41 KBOX 210538 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT WED MAY 21 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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 66 1247 PM 91 1996 68 -2 64 MINIMUM 45 433 AM 40 1892 51 -6 50 AVERAGE 56 60 -4 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.23 1969 0.10 -0.10 0.52 MONTH TO DATE 1.39 2.11 -0.72 3.70 SINCE MAR 1 9.04 9.56 -0.52 14.72 SINCE JAN 1 19.67 16.78 2.89 19.49 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 9 6 3 8 MONTH TO DATE 201 179 22 152 SINCE MAR 1 1485 1497 -12 1591 SINCE JUL 1 5312 5528 -216 5273 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 13 -11 22 SINCE MAR 1 4 18 -14 26 SINCE JAN 1 4 18 -14 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 11 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 1000 PM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 93 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 41 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 21 2008...........SUNRISE 517 AM EDT SUNSET 805 PM EDT MAY 22 2008...........SUNRISE 516 AM EDT SUNSET 806 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$