000 CDUS41 KBOX 010527 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 127 AM EDT FRI MAY 1 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 70 115 PM 86 1942 61 9 53 MINIMUM 46 457 AM 31 1874 45 1 42 AVERAGE 58 53 5 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.44 1921 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.13 3.60 0.53 2.98 SINCE MAR 1 6.64 7.45 -0.81 7.65 SINCE JAN 1 12.18 14.67 -2.49 18.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 T 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.9 -1.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.7 10.2 0.5 1.0 SINCE JUL 1 65.9 43.8 22.1 52.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 12 -5 17 MONTH TO DATE 447 503 -56 462 SINCE MAR 1 1294 1318 -24 1284 SINCE JUL 1 5401 5349 52 5111 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 4 14 2 SINCE MAR 1 18 5 13 2 SINCE JAN 1 18 5 13 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 66 1000 PM LOWEST 18 100 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 89 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 33 1880 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2009...........SUNRISE 539 AM EDT SUNSET 744 PM EDT MAY 2 2009...........SUNRISE 538 AM EDT SUNSET 745 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$