<x-flowed> BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY APRIL 17 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....4/17/2002....2 P.M. VERY CLOSE TO ALL TIME APRIL RECORD OF 94 DEGREES 4/19/1976!!! NEW EARLY SEASON RECORD AND NEW DAILY RECORDS SET TODAY.... 93 DEGREES....2ND HIGHEST TEMP. ON RECORD FOR APRIL... Broke two records....87 was daily record in 1976 and earliest 90-degree temps. on record; previous record 92 degrees on April 18, 1976. Dewpoint in upper 40's relative humidity low 20's! As of 2:30 p.m. this afternoon high temperatures at surrounding locations included 95 at Milton and 94 at Hingham official coop station. Both of these are new records....probably even for April... Blue Hill was still 93 at 2:30 p.m. with dewpoint of 50 and wind gusts have reached 36 MPH from the W during past hour... The last time the thermometer reached 90 degrees during the month of April was during April 1990 when it was 93 degrees on 4/27 and 92 degrees on 4/28. Minimum temp. of 67 this morning would be all-time high minimum for the month with the previous record 64 on 4/18/1976. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 4/17/2002 WED 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 110 SCT 20 173/73/56/2810/004/ ACC ALQDS VCNTY STN/ 8/080/ 51010 10073 20067 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 300 -SCT 25 159/88/55/3016G22/000/ LONE TCU SE FEW MDT CU SW LWR CI NW-NE HAZY WND 27V33/ 8/280/ 56014 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 60 SCT 220 SCT 250 -SCT 300 -SCT 35 139/92/48/2720G27/994/ FEW MDT CU LGT HAZY VSBY WNW 45 PK WND 2730/24/ 8/201/ 58020 10093 20073 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY APRIL 16... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT....EST MAX : 86 MIN: 44 // ASOS MAX: MM ASOS MIN: MM NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 55/37 MEAN 65 [+ 19 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR APRIL TO DATE: +93 deg. THE APRIL TEMPERATURE IS 5.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL..... PRECIPITATION....ON 04/16 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.00 INS. ASOS......................M TOTAL FOR APRIL TO DATE...1.49 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 0.91 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 11.69 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-4.34 INS. SNOWFALL.... ON 04/16 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 INS. APRIL TOTAL SNOWFALL......0.6 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 39.6 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 04/16... PEAK GUST ASOS: MM MPH PEAK GUST 420C: 21 MPH SSW AT 7:08 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 22 MPH SSW AT 7:08 P.M. APRIL 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system 4/1 56/38/47/+6/1.02/0/244/32/ 54 W (Aero 53 MPH W ) 4/2 59/33/46/+4/0/0/582/76/ 37 W 4/3 66/36/51/+9/0.16/0/138/18/ 43 S (Aero 45 MPH WNW ) 4/4 48/31/40/-2/0/0/.../../ 31 WNW 4/5 44/26/35/-8/0.02/0.6/.../../ 22 NNW 4/6 45/28/37/-6/T/T/.../../ 31 NW 4/7 46/23/35/-8/0/0/.../../ 29 NNW 4/8 55/36/46/+2/0.01/0/023/03/ 32 S 4/9 69/46/58/+14/T/0/.../../ 46 SSW 4/10 65/47/56/+12/0.12/0/.../../ 32 NW 4/11 52/38/45/0/0/0/.../../ 28 E 4/12 65/37/51/+6/0/0/.../../ 40 S 4/13 74/53/64/+19/T/0/.../../ 40 SW 4/14 76/53/65/+19/0.06/0/.../../ 39 W 4/15 62/44/53/+7/0.10/0/.../../ 22 SSW 4/16 86/44/65/+19/0/0/.../../ 21 SSW RECORDS FOR APRIL 17 HIGH 87 IN 1976 (93 in 2002) LOW 21 IN 1908 PRECIP 1.68 INS 1954 SNOWFALL: 1.0 INS. IN 1899 PEAK GUST 58 MPH NW IN 1994 e = estimated Robert Skilling </x-flowed>