BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY APRIL 28 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....4/28/2002....11 A.M. Rain began shortly before 7:30am this morning with 0.01" in the standard gauge by 8am. Rain has continued through the morning with a total of 0.09" as of 11am. Yesterday marked the 6th consecutive day to average below normal and today will likely be the 7th. It's been awhile since we've seen such a "long" stretch of below normal temperatures. This is the longest since a 10 day stretch during mid July 2001! TODAY'S OBS.... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E40 OVC 8R- 210/42/40/1114G20/015/ RBUKN/ 8/5/// 58014 6001/ 70001 10046 20042 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 3 SCT E10 BKN 20 OVC 3R-F 176/41/41/1015/005/ CIG LWRG PRESFR/ 8/5/// 58034 6008/ THE DATA RECORDED FOR FRIDAY APRIL 27.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT....EST MAX : 58 MIN: 32 // ASOS MAX: 58 ASOS MIN: 31 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 60/40 MEAN 45 [- 5] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR APRIL TO DATE: +107 deg. THE APRIL TEMPERATURE IS 4.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL..... PRECIPITATION....ON 04/28 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.01 INS ASOS......................0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR APRIL TO DATE...2.74 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 1.19 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 12.94 INS. (corrected ) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-4.62 INS. SNOWFALL.... ON 04/28 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 INS. APRIL TOTAL SNOWFALL......1.3 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 40.3 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 04/27... PEAK GUST ASOS: 28 MPH W AT 3:27 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 30 MPH WNW AT 2:29 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 30 MPH WNW AT 2:29 P.M. EDT 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/-2/0/0/694/90/ 31 WNW 4/5 44/26/35/-8/0.02/0.6/410/53/ 22 NNW 4/6 45/28/37/-6/T/T/389/50/ 31 NW 4/7 46/23/35/-8/0/0/741/95/ 29 NNW 4/8 55/36/46/+2/0.01/0/023/03/ 32 S 4/9 69/46/58/+14/T/0/440/56/ 46 SSW 4/10 65/47/56/+12/0.12/0/638/81/ 32 NW 4/11 52/38/45/0/0/0/751/95/ 28 E 4/12 65/37/51/+6/0/0/746/94/ 40 S 4/13 74/53/64/+19/T/0/207/26/ 40 SW 4/14 76/53/65/+19/0.06/0/647/81/ 39 W 4/15 62/44/53/+7/0.10/0/209/26/ 22 SSW 4/16 86/44/65/+19/0/0/539/67/ 21 SSW 4/17 93/51/72/+25/0/0/646/80/ 51 NE (new daily record max. temp. ) 4/18 72/45/59/+12/0.17/0/583/72/ 24 NNW 4/19 78/44/61/+14/0.02/0/260/32/ 31 SSW 4/20 68/45/57/+9/T/0/196/24/ 27 N 4/21 56/40/48/0/0/0/450/55/ 33 WNW 4/22 40/35/38/-11/0.27/T/000/00/ 30 E 4/23 44/31/38/-11/0.02/T/.../../ 24 NW 4/24 54/33/44/-5/0/0/761/92/ 22 E 4/25 57/32/45/-5/0.75/0.7/.../../ 42 S 4/26 50/31/41/-9/0/0/.../../ 46 WNW 4/27 58/32/45/-5/0/0/.../../ 30 WNW 4/28 Morning low 42 degrees RECORDS FOR APRIL 28 HIGH 92 IN 1990 LOW 26 IN 1947 PRECIP 2.41 INS 1904 SNOWFALL: 10.0 INS. IN 1987 PEAK GUST 69 MPH NE IN 1967 RECORDS FOR APRIL 29 HIGH 85 IN 1974 LOW 26 IN 1909 PRECIP 1.65 INS 1923 SNOWFALL: 1.0 INS. IN 1987 PEAK GUST 54 MPH WSW IN 1981 RECORDS FOR APRIL 30 HIGH 86 IN 1942 LOW 30 IN 1931 PRECIP 1.41 INS 1991 SNOWFALL: 0.3 INS. IN 1909 PEAK GUST 64e MPH NW IN 1978 e = estimated MFD