000 CDUS41 KBOX 080547 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 146 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 71 338 PM 95 1930 64 7 70 MINIMUM 48 501 AM 37 1992 47 1 55 1967 AVERAGE 60 55 5 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.46 1.50 1998 0.11 0.35 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 0.77 0.57 0.45 SINCE MAR 1 7.98 8.22 -0.24 8.10 SINCE JAN 1 13.52 15.44 -1.92 18.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1967 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 5 10 -5 2 MONTH TO DATE 51 76 -25 92 SINCE MAR 1 1345 1394 -49 1376 SINCE JUL 1 5452 5425 27 5203 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 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 73 200 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 87 1964 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 34 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2009...........SUNRISE 530 AM EDT SUNSET 752 PM EDT MAY 9 2009...........SUNRISE 529 AM EDT SUNSET 753 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$