<x-flowed> BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY AUGUST 12 2002 DAILY DISCUSSION...8/12/2002 Another round of hot and humid weather has entered our area. At 12:30 P.M. we reached 90 degrees and our high yesterday of 93 was the third highest temperature of the season and our 14th 90+ degree day of the year. The normal amount of 90 degree days here at the Observatory is only 6 for the year to date. We have more than doubled our average 90 degree days to date. Our sunshine is also well above normal. The highest recorded percent sunshine in August was 74% for the month in 1971. Our percent sunshine to date is 81% through the 11th. Also, we are in desperate need of some significant precipitation. It has rained only one day this month and we now stand at 1.14 inches below for August. There is no relief in sight and our record breaking weather will continue as hot, humid, and sunny weather will dominate till weeks end. OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.....8/12/2002 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 15 182/70/65/2008/007/ STRA ALG HRZN DSNT SE-SSW FEW CC W-WNW HAZY/ 8/609/ 53005 10070 20065 11 A.M BHO SA 1455 CLR 15 183/82/66/2005/007/ LONE PTCH CI N VSBY WNW 20 HAZY/ 8/001/ 50001 THE DATA RECORDED FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 11TH.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX: 93 MIN: 64// ASOS MAX: 93 ASOS MIN: 64 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 80/62 MEAN 79 [+ 8] TOAL DEP. FOR AUGUST IS +33 DEG. AUGUST AVERAGES +3.0 DEGREES PER DAY TOTAL DEP. FOR JULY WAS + 27 DEG. JULY AVERAGED 0.6 DEGREE WARMER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION....ON 08/12 AS OF 8 A.M. EDT 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. 0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. AUGUST TOTAL..............0.39 INS. DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..-1.14 INS. AUGUST ASOS TOTAL.........0.39 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...28.18 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.76 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002.......N/A WIND DATA...SUNDAY AUGUST 11, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 24 MPH S AT 4:59 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 23 MPH S AT 4:58 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: NA AUGUST 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significantly higher ... data as yet not available TSTM = thunderstorm day 8/1 91/70/81/+9/0.00/815/94/ 21 SSW 8/2 89/66/78/+6/0.39/545/63/ 41 W TSTM 8/3 90/66/78/+6/0.00/698/81/ 15 SE 8/4 91/68/80/+8/0.00/722/84/ 21 SSW 8/5 90/71/81/+9/0.00/438/51/ 29 WSW 8/6 72/58/65/-7/0.00/659/77/ 39 NW 8/7 79/56/68/-4/0.00/794/93/ 25 NW 8/8 80/58/69/-3/0.00/723/85/ 23 NW 8/9 80/58/69/-2/0.00/798/94/ 22 SSW 8/10 87/61/74/+3/0.00/652/77/ 22 WSW 8/11 93/64/79/+8/0.00/730/95/ 23 S 8/12 MORNING LOW 65 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 12 HIGH 99 IN 1944 LOW 48 IN 1930 PRECIP 1.89 IN 1979 PEAK GUST 50 MPH NE IN 1983 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 13 HIGH 98 IN 1944 LOW 47 IN 1902,1957 PRECIP 2.92 IN 1989 PEAK GUST 52 MPH SSE IN 1963 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 14 HIGH 94 IN 1944,1988 LOW 46 IN 1964 PRECIP 3.06 IN 1919 PEAK GUST 61 MPH WNW IN 1963 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 15 HIGH 95 IN 1928 LOW 47 IN 1964 PRECIP 1.31 IN 1973 PEAK GUST 44e MPH S IN 1941 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 16 HIGH 95 IN 1944 LOW 50 IN 1927 PRECIP 1.47 IN 1926 PEAK GUST 45e MPH N IN 1951 e = estimated Robert Skilling/Andrew Hoell </x-flowed>