498 CDUS41 KALY 060638 CLIPOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 233 AM EDT FRI MAY 6 2016 ................................... ...THE POUGHKEEPSIE NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1949 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 60 354 PM 89 1949 68 -8 83 MINIMUM 48 537 AM 29 1974 43 5 60 AVERAGE 54 56 -2 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.95 1978 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.20 0.62 0.58 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 4.47 7.97 -3.50 4.40 SINCE JAN 1 10.15 13.71 -3.56 8.70 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 10 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 65 52 13 19 SINCE MAR 1 1118 1420 -302 1485 SINCE JUL 1 4650 5991 -1341 6170 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 9 SINCE MAR 1 4 5 -1 9 SINCE JAN 1 4 5 -1 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 100 AM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE POUGHKEEPSIE NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 87 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 30 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2016...........SUNRISE 545 AM EDT SUNSET 759 PM EDT MAY 7 2016...........SUNRISE 544 AM EDT SUNSET 800 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. RECORDS FOR KPOU DATE BACK TO 1949... HOWEVER...DATA IS MISSING FROM JANUARY 1993 - JULY 2000. $$