000 CDUS41 KBOX 180538 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 135 AM EDT MON MAY 18 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 65 144 AM 92 1977 67 -2 73 MINIMUM 53 1159 PM 39 1882 51 2 50 AVERAGE 59 59 0 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.13 1.88 1916 0.10 0.03 0.44 MONTH TO DATE 1.72 1.81 -0.09 1.39 SINCE MAR 1 8.36 9.26 -0.90 9.04 SINCE JAN 1 13.90 16.48 -2.58 19.67 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 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 6 7 -1 3 MONTH TO DATE 108 159 -51 180 SINCE MAR 1 1402 1477 -75 1464 SINCE JUL 1 5509 5508 1 5291 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 10 -9 2 SINCE MAR 1 19 15 4 4 SINCE JAN 1 19 15 4 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 30 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 91 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 37 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2009...........SUNRISE 520 AM EDT SUNSET 802 PM EDT MAY 19 2009...........SUNRISE 519 AM EDT SUNSET 803 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$