170 CDUS41 KALY 180613 CLIALB CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 212 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ................................... ...THE ALBANY NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 67 351 PM 89 1977 70 -3 65 MINIMUM 45 1142 PM 30 1959 47 -2 52 AVERAGE 56 59 -3 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.35 1953 0.11 -0.11 0.22 MONTH TO DATE 4.22 1.86 2.36 3.41 SINCE MAR 1 8.73 8.24 0.49 12.27 SINCE JAN 1 11.99 13.03 -1.04 18.51 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 9 7 2 6 MONTH TO DATE 112 158 -46 141 SINCE MAR 1 1203 1607 -404 1579 SINCE JUL 1 5282 6551 -1269 6606 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 6 -4 0 SINCE MAR 1 10 10 0 13 SINCE JAN 1 10 10 0 13 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 LOWEST 32 AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE ALBANY NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 94 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2012...........SUNRISE 529 AM EDT SUNSET 815 PM EDT MAY 19 2012...........SUNRISE 528 AM EDT SUNSET 816 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$