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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186

ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

FRIDAY MAY 11 2001



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The next meeting of the Blue Hill Observatory Weather Club to be announced.



All of our daily May data is contained on this page below.



DAILY DISCUSSION....11 A.M. 5/11/2001



NO RAIN.....

The extremely dry weather pattern continues with just

0.02 rain since April 18.



SUNSHINE WAY ABOVE NORMAL SINCE MID APRIL....

Sunshine abounds with 89% through the first 8 days of May and a whopping 

75% for the past 24 days beginning April 14.



THE DAILY MANUAL OBSERVATIONS....



8 A.M.

BHO SA 1155 300 -SCT 30 149/63/42/3113G18/997/ LWR CI LYR NNE-SE HAZY/ 

8/007/ 51010 10063 20058



11 A.M.

BHO SA 1455 350 -SCT 30 146/78/37/3609/996/ WND L/V/ HAZY/ 8/001/ 58003





DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY MAY 10



TEMPERATURES....

MAX 81 MIN 47 // ASOS MAX 81 ASOS MIN 46

NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 65/45

MEAN 64 [+ 9]

TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH: + 108 degrees



May is averaging 11 degrees warmer than normal for the first 10 days...



PRECIPITATION....ENDING 8 A.M. 5/11/2001

24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M...0.00

THE MONTH OF MAY: 0.01 [ - 1.27 INS.]

YEAR: 20.49 [ + 2.43 INS. ]



WIND DATA....

PEAK GUST ASOS: 23 MPH NW AT 4:57 P.M.

PEAK GUST: 24 MPH NW AT 4:56 P.M.

PEAK GUST AERO: 26 MPH NW at 2:14 P.M.



DAILY MAY 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL...

max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust

(Aero = the aerovane wind system )



1   85/58/72/+20/0/786/93/ 28 E

2   92/62/77/+25/0/796/94/ 24 WNW

3   92/66/79/+27/0/782/92/ 32 W

4   90/66/78/+25/0/699/82/ 28 WNW

5   71/45/58/+5/0.01/418/49/ 30 NNE

6   54/38/46/-7/0/839/98/ 30 ENE

7   68/35/52/-2/0/859/100/ 24 S

8   72/39/56/+2/0/862/100/ 27 S

9   74/45/60/+6/0/.../.../ 24 SW

10  81/47/64/+9/0/.../.../ 24 NW





RECORDS FOR MAY 11

HIGH   90 IN 1993

LOW    28 IN 1900

PRECIP 1.28 INS 1957

WIND  75e MPH NW IN 1945



RECORDS FOR MAY 12

HIGH   87 IN 1959

LOW    29 IN 1907

PRECIP 1.49 INS 1968

WIND  76 MPH S IN 1974



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