000 CDUS41 KBOX 031221 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 533 AM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002 ................................... ...THE BOSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 55 239 PM 91 2001 62 -7 91 1930 MINIMUM 44 215 AM 33 1874 46 -2 56 AVERAGE 50 54 -4 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.52 1.14 1897 0.11 0.41 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.52 0.22 0.30 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 6.68 7.67 -0.99 9.04 SINCE JAN 1 11.63 14.89 -3.26 12.10 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1953 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.4 MM MM 19.4 SINCE JUL 1 14.8 MM MM 46.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 12 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 28 24 4 0 SINCE MAR 1 1250 1349 -99 1402 SINCE JUL 1 4516 5412 -896 5610 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 9 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 9 SINCE MAR 1 8 5 3 18 SINCE JAN 1 8 5 3 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 500 PM LOWEST 56 600 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE BOSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 92 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 31 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2002...........SUNRISE 537 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT MAY 4 2002...........SUNRISE 536 AM EDT SUNSET 747 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.