BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 03 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/3/2001 Temperatures soar to well above normal this 3rd day of October. A high reading of 78 degrees as of early this afternoon was 13 degrees above normal for the date... The record high for this date is 82 recorded in 1922. The morning low of 55 was 8 degrees above the normal minimum temperature. SEPTEMBER 2001 A VERY SUNNY MONTH...ALSO 2 degrees WARMER AND 1 inch DRIER THAN NORMAL.... SEPTEMBER HAD 68% OF THE POSSIBLE BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND WAS OUR SUNNIEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 1983...there was 84% of the possible sunshine during the first 18 days of the month... SEPTEMBER 2001 DATA..... Av. Max. temp: 73.0 Av. Min. temp: 55.1 MEAN TEMP: 64.1 [ +2.2 ] TOTAL Heating units: 86 [ -30 ] Total heating this season: 103 [ - 24 ] TOTAL Cooling units: 62 [ + 39 ] Total cooling this season: 679 [ +245 ] TOTAL PRECIP: 2.72 ins. [ - 1.10 ins.] The 24 hour corrected mean temp. was 63.0 deg. or 2.1 warmer than the record mean for the month. Peak wind gust for the month: 58 MPH S (25TH) Aerovane Sunshine: 68% or 12 points above the average There were 7 thunderstorm days during September... TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 10/3/2001 WED 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 15 174/61/49/2209/004/ THN F BLO INVSN ALQDS THN K LYR ALG HRZN N-NE VSBY WNW 25 ABV INVSN WND GRDLY BACKING/ 51007 10061 20055 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 20 171/71/54/2114G18/003/ FEW CI HAZY/ 8/001/ 58003 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 50 SCT 300 BKN 15 155/77/56/2212G18/999/ FEW MDT CU HAZY ALQDS VSBY WNW 20 WND GST 25 KTS PST HR WND 17V26/ 8/201/ 58016 10078 20060 DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 02 .... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 73 MIN: 50 // ASOS MAX: 73 ASOS MIN: 50 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 65/48 MEAN 62 [ + 5] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: 0 degrees PRECIPITATION....ON 10/3 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..0.00 IN. ASOS..............................0.00 IN. OCT. TOTAL TO DATE: trace DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 0.24 IN. SEPT. TOTAL ......... 2.72 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 1.10 IN. YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.08 {+ 4.57 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 10/2 PEAK GUST ASOS: 23 MPH W AT 3:09 P.M. (estimated) ** PEAK GUST: 24 MPH W AT 3:09 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 25 MPH W AT 3:09 P.M. . ** power glitch caused loss of asos memory.. DAILY OCT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 10/1 55/49/51/-5/T/000/00/ 29 N 10/2 73/50/62/+5/0/.../../ 24 W 10/3 morning low temp. 55 deg.; high thru 2 p.m. 77 deg. DAILY SEPT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 9/1 77/55/66/+0/T/560/71/ 30 NW 9/2 71/50/61/-5/0/755/96/ 18 SSE 9/3 75/55/65/-1/0/767/98/ 25 S 9/4 79/56/68/+3/0.24/375/48/ 46 W (Aero 43 mph W)(Maximum, Inc. 46 MPH WNW) TSTM 9/5 72/55/64/-1/0/730/94/ 30 NNW . 9/6 75/50/63/-2/0/751/97/ 17 WSW 9/7 84/58/71/+6/0/733/95/ 24 SW 9/8 84/62/73/+9/0/615/80/ 25 SSW 9/9 85/65/75/+11/0/659/86/ 27 S 9/10 85/65/75/+11/0/649/85/ 27 S 9/11 79/60/69/+7/0/715/94/ 27 NW 9/12 75/54/65/+2/0/743/98/ 20 NW 9/13 84/56/70/+7/0.14/710/94/ 23 W TSTM 9/14 59/49/54/-8/0.37/000/00/ 44 W TSTM (Aero 47 MPH WNW) 9/15 64/44/54/-8/0/742/99/ 18 NNW 9/16 73/49/61/-1/0/732/98/ 16 SSW 9/17 73/52/63/+2/0/692/93/ 16 SSW 9/18 74/54/64/+3/0/667/90/ 18 ENE 9/19 68/57/63/+2/0/487/66/ 23 ENE 9/20 71/57/64/+3/0.01/000/00/ 32 SSE 9/21 68/62/65/+3/0.43/059/08/ 28 SSE 9/22 78/64/71/+11/1.16/416/57/ 32 S 9/23 76/60/68/+8/0/566/78/ 15 E 9/24 76/60/68/+9/0/159/22/ 22 SE 9/25 74/60/67/+8/0.35/000/00/ 55 S TSTM (Aero 58 MPH S) 9/26 69/48/59/0/0/596/83/ 25 W 9/27 67/47/57/-1/0/593/83/ 27 WSW 9/28 63/51/57/-1/0/157/22/ 31 NNE TSTM 9/29 58/50/54/-4/T/582/82/ 40 NE 9/30 54/48/51/-6/0.02/007/01/ 40 NE RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 03 HIGH 82 IN 1922 LOW 28 IN 1899 PRECIP 1.76 INS 1979 PEAK GUST 62 MPH WNW IN 1964 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 04 HIGH 83 IN 1898/1959 LOW 28 IN 1888 PRECIP 1.07 INS 1986 PEAK GUST 59 MPH SSW IN 1990 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 05 HIGH 85 IN 1922 LOW 29 IN 1965 PRECIP 3.17 INS 1962 PEAK GUST 64e MPH S IN 1979 e = estimated Robert Skilling