AFOS product CLIBOS
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download
000 
CDUS41 KBOX 210538
CLIBOS


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA                                  
129 AM EDT WED MAY 21 2008


 ................................... 

...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         66   1247 PM  91    1996  68     -2       64       
  MINIMUM         45    433 AM  40    1892  51     -6       50       
  AVERAGE         56                        60     -4       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.23 1969   0.10  -0.10     0.52    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.39                      2.11  -0.72     3.70    
  SINCE MAR 1      9.04                      9.56  -0.52    14.72    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.67                     16.78   2.89    19.49    
                                                                     
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      1.0                      10.2   -9.2     10.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     52.0                      43.8    8.2     17.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         6      3        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  201                       179     22      152       
  SINCE MAR 1   1485                      1497    -12     1591       
  SINCE JUL 1   5312                      5528   -216     5273       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                        13    -11       22       
  SINCE MAR 1      4                        18    -14       26       
  SINCE JAN 1      4                        18    -14       26       
..................................................................


 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  RESULTANT WIND SPEED  11   RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION  SW (220)      
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     34           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       

 ..........................................................

                                                                      
THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        93      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        41      1907                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 21 2008...........SUNRISE   517 AM EDT   SUNSET   805 PM EDT   
MAY 22 2008...........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.                                          

 


 $$