000 CDUS41 KBOX 190541 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 136 AM EDT TUE MAY 19 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 53 1205 AM 91 1936 67 -14 71 MINIMUM 46 352 PM 37 2002 51 -5 55 AVERAGE 50 59 -9 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.72 2007 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 1.72 1.91 -0.19 1.39 SINCE MAR 1 8.36 9.36 -1.00 9.04 SINCE JAN 1 13.90 16.58 -2.68 19.67 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 15 7 8 2 MONTH TO DATE 123 166 -43 182 SINCE MAR 1 1417 1484 -67 1466 SINCE JUL 1 5524 5515 9 5293 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 11 -10 2 SINCE MAR 1 19 16 3 4 SINCE JAN 1 19 16 3 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 3 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 1000 PM LOWEST 50 200 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 90 1986 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 38 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2009...........SUNRISE 519 AM EDT SUNSET 803 PM EDT MAY 20 2009...........SUNRISE 518 AM EDT SUNSET 804 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$