000 CDUS41 KBOX 220533 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 130 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 71 227 PM 93 1921 68 3 66 MINIMUM 50 511 AM 41 1907 52 -2 50 AVERAGE 61 60 1 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.24 1889 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 1.39 2.21 -0.82 3.70 SINCE MAR 1 9.04 9.66 -0.62 14.72 SINCE JAN 1 19.67 16.88 2.79 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 4 6 -2 7 MONTH TO DATE 205 185 20 159 SINCE MAR 1 1489 1503 -14 1598 SINCE JUL 1 5316 5534 -218 5280 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 14 -12 22 SINCE MAR 1 4 19 -15 26 SINCE JAN 1 4 19 -15 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 500 AM LOWEST 22 100 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 93 1959 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 39 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 22 2008...........SUNRISE 516 AM EDT SUNSET 806 PM EDT MAY 23 2008...........SUNRISE 515 AM EDT SUNSET 807 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$