407 CDUS41 KALY 170613 CLIALB CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 212 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012 ................................... ...THE ALBANY NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 79 310 PM 89 1991 70 9 56 MINIMUM 51 1153 PM 33 1980 47 4 51 AVERAGE 65 58 7 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 1.34 1972 0.12 0.05 1.26 MONTH TO DATE 4.22 1.75 2.47 3.19 SINCE MAR 1 8.73 8.13 0.60 12.05 SINCE JAN 1 11.99 12.92 -0.93 18.29 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 5.1 12.6 -7.5 9.7 SINCE JUL 1 23.3 59.1 -35.8 87.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 11 MONTH TO DATE 103 151 -48 135 SINCE MAR 1 1194 1600 -406 1573 SINCE JUL 1 5273 6544 -1271 6600 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 5 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 10 9 1 13 SINCE JAN 1 10 9 1 13 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 LOWEST 48 AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE ALBANY NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 89 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 30 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2012...........SUNRISE 530 AM EDT SUNSET 814 PM EDT MAY 18 2012...........SUNRISE 529 AM EDT SUNSET 815 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$