000 CDUS41 KBOX 210541 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 135 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2009 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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 80 1143 AM 91 1996 68 12 66 MINIMUM 52 511 AM 40 1892 51 1 45 AVERAGE 66 60 6 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.23 1969 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 1.72 2.11 -0.39 1.39 SINCE MAR 1 8.36 9.56 -1.20 9.04 SINCE JAN 1 13.90 16.78 -2.88 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 0 6 -6 9 MONTH TO DATE 132 179 -47 201 SINCE MAR 1 1426 1497 -71 1485 SINCE JUL 1 5533 5528 5 5312 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 13 -11 2 SINCE MAR 1 20 18 2 4 SINCE JAN 1 20 18 2 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 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. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 63 200 AM LOWEST 25 1000 AM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 93 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 41 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 21 2009...........SUNRISE 517 AM EDT SUNSET 805 PM EDT MAY 22 2009...........SUNRISE 516 AM EDT SUNSET 806 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$