000 CDUS41 KBOX 170538 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 135 AM EDT SUN MAY 17 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 66 610 PM 93 1932 67 -1 59 MINIMUM 52 304 PM 34 1936 50 2 48 AVERAGE 59 59 0 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.47 1954 0.10 -0.10 0.25 MONTH TO DATE 1.59 1.71 -0.12 0.95 SINCE MAR 1 8.23 9.16 -0.93 8.60 SINCE JAN 1 13.77 16.38 -2.61 19.23 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 6 7 -1 11 MONTH TO DATE 102 152 -50 177 SINCE MAR 1 1396 1470 -74 1461 SINCE JUL 1 5503 5501 2 5288 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 9 -8 2 SINCE MAR 1 19 14 5 4 SINCE JAN 1 19 14 5 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 900 PM LOWEST 60 600 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 92 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 39 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2009...........SUNRISE 521 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT MAY 18 2009...........SUNRISE 520 AM EDT SUNSET 802 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$