000 CDUS41 KBOX 090535 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 128 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 76 514 PM 87 1964 64 12 77 1895 MINIMUM 56 620 AM 34 1956 48 8 57 AVERAGE 66 56 10 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.42 1886 0.11 -0.11 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 1.34 0.88 0.46 0.49 SINCE MAR 1 7.98 8.33 -0.35 8.14 SINCE JAN 1 13.52 15.55 -2.03 18.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.9 1938 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 0 10 -10 0 MONTH TO DATE 51 86 -35 92 SINCE MAR 1 1345 1404 -59 1376 SINCE JUL 1 5452 5435 17 5203 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 1 1 0 2 SINCE MAR 1 19 6 13 4 SINCE JAN 1 19 6 13 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 500 AM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 95 1979 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 35 1977 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2009...........SUNRISE 529 AM EDT SUNSET 753 PM EDT MAY 10 2009...........SUNRISE 528 AM EDT SUNSET 754 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$