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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
THURSDAY JUNE 06 2002

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DAILY DISCUSSION... 6/6/2002...2 p.m.

THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT BRING 0.6 INCH OF RAINFALL...
THIS MORNING'S RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD
ADDS ANOTHER 0.2 INCH....TWO DAY THRU EARLY AFTERNOON 0.87 INCH....

Thunderstorms late last night lasted into early this morning and brought 
more than
a half inch of rainfall and then later this morning we had more rain which 
brought
the total since the first 0.01 inch fell early Wednesday morning to 0.87 inch.
Today's high temperature of 67 degrees occurred at midnight and the temp.
dropped some nine degrees when WSW winds shifted first to N and then NE 
with the
passage of  a cold front at 11:07 A.M. EDT late this morning.
Early this afternoon a low reading of 55 degrees was recorded along with NE
winds gusting to near 30 MPH. By 2:30 p.m. our temp. had dropped to 54 
degrees...

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS....

6/6/2002 THU

8 A.M.
BHO SA 1155 W1 X 0F 111/65/65/2110/986/ 8///// 53015 6028/ 70065 10066 20064

11 A.M.
BHO SA 1455 W2 X 1/8R-F 122/66/66/2507/989/ 8///// 53011 6005/

2 P.M.
BHO SA 1755 W2 X 1/4R-F 144/55/55/0516G23/996/ STRA DRFTG OVR SMT VSBY 
1/8V1/2/
PK WND 0527/18/ 8///// 51022 6021/ 10066 20055

THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 5TH....

TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT....
EASTERN STANDARD TIME...

MAX : 70  MIN: 55 // ASOS MAX: 70  ASOS MIN: 55
NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 72/53
MEAN  63 [ - 0 ]
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR JUNE TO DATE: + 0 degrees

June is averaging near normal to date...

PRECIPITATION....ON 06/06 AS OF 8 A.M.

24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.  .   0.65 INS.
ASOS......................0.64 INS.
JUNE TOTAL................0.77 INS.
DEP. FRM NORMAL TO DATE..+0.25 INS.
JUNE ASOS TOTAL...........0.76 INS.


ASOS TOTAL FOR MAY....... 6.52 INS.
TOTAL FOR MAY.............6.80 INS. STD GAGE
DEP. FROM NORMAL........+ 3.01 INS.

PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 21.08 INS.
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.18 INS.

WIND DATA....FOR 06/05...

PEAK GUST ASOS:   39 MPH S AT 9:36 A.M. EDT
PEAK GUST 420C:   39 MPH S AT 9:36 A.M. EDT
PEAK GUST AERO:   40 MPH S AT 9:36 A.M. EDT

JUNE 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 not yet available
TSTM = thunderstorm day

6/1 82/59/71/+9/0/.../../ 39 W
6/2 72/50/61/-1/0.11/.../../ 48 WNW/TSTM
6/3 68/47/58/-5/0/.../../ 29 NW
6/4 71/49/60/-3/T/.../../ 28 SSW
6/5 70/55/63/0/../.../../ 39 S/TSTM
6/6 high temp. this morning 67 degrees/TSTM

MAY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA....
MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST
Aero = Aerovane recording wind system
... data not yet available
TSTM = thunderstorm day

5/1  58/38/48/-4/0.00/0/827/98/ 38 W/TSTM
5/2  49/42/46/-6/0.62/0/000/00/ 35 SE/TSTM
5/3  54/42/48/-5/0.02/0/747/88/ 71 W (Aero 70 MPH W)(Maximum, Inc. 74 mph )
5/4  68/39/54/+1/0/0/842/99/ 28 SSW
5/5  72/46/59/+6/0/0/751/88/ 28 S
5/6  77/46/62/+8/0/0/668/78/ 38 S (Aero 39 MPH S)(Maximum, Inc. 40 MPH S )
5/7  74/51/63/+9/0/0/369/43/ 39 SW
5/8  64/50/57/+3/0/0/679/79/ 30 NW
5/9  57/45/51/-4/0.07/0/009/01/ 30 ENE
5/10 76/52/64/+9/0.13/0/727/84/ 45 WNW
5/11 66/46/56/0/0/0/790/91/ 39 W
5/12 56/44/50/-6/0.43/0/000/00/ 25 SE
5/13 45/41/43/-13/1.93/0/000/00/ 45 ENE
5/14 61/41/51/-6/0.35/0/306/35/ 46 W
5/15 58/38/48/-9/T/0/543/62/ 53 MPH W (Aero 52 MPH W )
5/16 77/46/62/+5/0/0/632/72/ 40 SSW
5/17 72/51/62/+5/0.01/0/238/27/ 32 WNW
5/18 51/35/43/-15/1.58/T/000/00/ 46 NE
5/19 58/34/46/-12/0/0/849/96/ 30 WNW
5/20 57/37/47/-11/0/0/514/58/ 22 W
5/21 61/36/49/-10/0/0/630/71/ 27 WNW
5/22 69/41/55/-4/0/0/880/99/ 28 S
5/23 77/44/61/+2/0/0/873/98/ 30 S
5/24 84/48/66/+6/T/0/804/90/ 37 NW
5/25 61/45/53/-7/0/0/841/94/ 36 NW
5/26 67/44/56/-4/T/0/206/23/ 33 SSW
5/27 76/55/66/+5/0.51/0/269/30/ 27 SSW/TSTM
5/28 68/59/64/+3/0.46/0/081/09/ 21 SSW/TSTM
5/29 75/58/67/+6/0.26/0/225/25/ 25 SSE/TSTM
5/30 79/58/69/+8/0/0/586/65/ 30 S
5/31 79/61/70/+9/0.43/0/370/41/ 38 S/TSTM

RECORDS FOR JUNE 06
HIGH   95 IN 1925
LOW    42 IN 1885,1894,1920,1945
PRECIP 3.61 INS 2000
PEAK GUST 58 MPH NE IN 2000

RECORDS FOR JUNE 07
HIGH   93 IN 1999
LOW    40 IN 1932
PRECIP 1.68 INS 1913
PEAK GUST 58 MPH NE IN 1982

e = estimated

Robert Skilling

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