000 CDUS41 KBOX 240532 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT SAT MAY 24 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 72 232 PM 93 1964 69 3 73 MINIMUM 48 354 AM 40 1967 52 -4 50 1882 1876 AVERAGE 60 61 -1 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.09 1913 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.72 2.41 -0.69 3.70 SINCE MAR 1 9.37 9.86 -0.49 14.72 SINCE JAN 1 20.00 17.08 2.92 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 5 6 -1 3 MONTH TO DATE 220 197 23 169 SINCE MAR 1 1504 1515 -11 1608 SINCE JUL 1 5331 5546 -215 5290 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 16 -14 22 SINCE MAR 1 4 21 -17 26 SINCE JAN 1 4 21 -17 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 14 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 1200 AM LOWEST 31 200 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 93 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 36 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2008...........SUNRISE 514 AM EDT SUNSET 808 PM EDT MAY 25 2008...........SUNRISE 514 AM EDT SUNSET 809 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$