115 CDUS41 KBOX 170534 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 129 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 73 359 PM 93 1932 66 7 50 MINIMUM 60 926 AM 34 1936 50 10 48 AVERAGE 67 58 9 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 4.47 1954 0.11 -0.05 0.38 MONTH TO DATE 2.66 1.67 0.99 2.21 SINCE MAR 1 6.96 9.73 -2.77 8.35 SINCE JAN 1 10.63 16.34 -5.71 17.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.6 9.8 -9.2 2.2 SINCE JUL 1 9.3 43.9 -34.6 81.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 16 MONTH TO DATE 138 157 -19 153 SINCE MAR 1 1072 1496 -424 1396 SINCE JUL 1 4307 5538 -1231 5430 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 3 4 0 SINCE MAR 1 32 6 26 3 SINCE JAN 1 32 6 26 3 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 73 400 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 92 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 39 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2012...........SUNRISE 520 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT MAY 18 2012...........SUNRISE 519 AM EDT SUNSET 802 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$