000 CDUS41 KBOX 020526 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 125 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 68 1236 PM 89 1899 61 7 60 MINIMUM 55 1255 AM 33 1880 45 10 40 AVERAGE 62 53 9 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.82 1921 0.11 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.11 -0.10 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 6.65 7.56 -0.91 7.65 SINCE JAN 1 12.19 14.78 -2.59 18.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 T 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 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 3 12 -9 15 MONTH TO DATE 3 12 -9 15 SINCE MAR 1 1297 1330 -33 1299 SINCE JUL 1 5404 5361 43 5126 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 18 5 13 2 SINCE JAN 1 18 5 13 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 17 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 68 900 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 91 2001 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 33 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2009...........SUNRISE 538 AM EDT SUNSET 745 PM EDT MAY 3 2009...........SUNRISE 536 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$