BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 TUESDAY JUNE 03 2003 DISCUSSION AT 2 P.M. JUNE OFF TO A COOLER THAN NORMAL START... DRY WEATHER FOLLOWS 1.77 INCHES OF RAIN ON JUNE 1ST ASOS WIND SYSTEM REPAIRED BY NWS THIS MORNING... The first couple of days of June averaged nine and four degrees cooler than normal respectively. The total rainfall recorded for the May 31st-June 1st nor'easter was 2.01 inches in the standard rain gage and 1.95 inches for the ASOS tipping bucket. The National Weather Service replaced the ASOS anemometer this morning and thus restored the wind data for that system which had been out of service since May 8th. THE DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY JUNE 02 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 70 MIN: 46 ASOS MAX: 71 ASOS MIN: 46 MEAN: 58 [ - 4 ] AVERAGE HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 72/62/52 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR JUNE TO DATE: - 13 degrees PRECIPITATION UPDATED ON 6/3 at 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M.......0.00 IN. TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.00 IN TOTAL FOR JUNE TO DATE....1.77 IN (STANDARD GAGE ) DEPARTURE MONTH TO DATE..+1.51 IN TOTAL ASOS TO DATE........1.72 IN TOTAL FOR MAY.............4.60 IN (STANDARD GAGE ) DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGE...+1.73 IN TOTAL FOR MAY FOR ASOS....4.49 IN TOTAL 2003 PRECIPITATION..25.90 IN DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGE....+4.82 IN WIND DATA FOR MONDAY JUNE 02 2003 PEAK GUST ASOS: MM MPH MMM * PEAK GUST AERO: 37 MPH NW @ 11:59 A.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 35 MPH NW @ 11:59 A.M. EDT * the ASOS wind system was out of service 5/8 THRU 6/2 JUNE 2003 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS THE ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant TSTM = thunderstorm day 6/1 57/49/53/-9/1.77/000/00 38 NE Aerovane 41 MPH NE 6/2 70/46/58/-4/0/.../../ 35 NW Aerovane 37 MPH NW 6/3 morning low temp. 48 degrees MAY 2003 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS THE ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant TSTM = thunderstorm day 5/1 58/44/51/-1/0.09/000/00 39 S Aero 41 mph S 5/2 74/44/59/+7/0.01/406/48 39 NNE Aero 41 mph N 5/3 60/43/52/-1/0.02/645/76 32 N 5/4 63/41/52/-1/0/749/88 18 NE 5/5 69/46/58/+5/0/632/74/ 22 SSE 5/6 54/44/48/-5/0.03/000/00 22 SSE 5/7 77/50/64/+10/0/489/57 25 NW 5/8 59/43/51/-3/0.14/000/00 31 NE 5/9 66/43/55/0/0.07/465/54 24 NNE 5/10 72/43/58/+3/0/813/94 29 WNW 5/11 62/43/53/-2/0.02/442/51 28 ESE 5/12 55/42/49/-7/0.18/009/01 28 NE 5/13 60/45/53/-3/T/035/04 25 WNW 5/14 64/46/55/-2/0.03/183/21 24 NW 5/15 65/46/56/-1/0/508/58 22 NE 5/16 46/40/43/-14/T/008/01 28 ENE 5/17 51/40/46/-11/0/527/60 25 NE 5/18 69/41/55/-3/0/863/98 17 WSW 5/19 81/52/67/+9/0/874/99 20 S Aerovane 24 MPH S 5/20 84/52/68/+10/0/513/58 27 S Aerovane 30 MPH S 5/21 69/51/60/+1/0.16/080/09 24 SSW 5/22 53/45/49/-10/0.18/000/00 29 NE 5/23 48/44/46/-13/0.32/000/00 28 NE 5/24 46/43/45/-15/0.20/000/00 31 NNE 5/25 52/45/49/-11/0.21/000/00 28 N 5/26 51/44/48/-12/1.73/000/00 35 ENE 5/27 59/45/52/-9/0.01/108/12 24 N 5/28 66/51/59/-2/0.96/090/10 35 W TSTM 5/29 73/51/62/+1/0/609/70 28 WSW 5/30 76/54/65/+4/T/316/35 21 W 5/31 71/54/63/+2/0.24/217/24 21 ESE RECORDS FOR JUNE 03 HIGH 98F IN 1919 LOW 38F IN 1929 PRECIP 1.21 INS IN 1947 PEAK GUST 47 MPH NW IN 1998 RECORDS FOR JUNE 04 HIGH 99F IN 1919 LOW 41F IN 1915,1926 PRECIP 1.29 INS IN 1898 PEAK GUST 48 MPH SSE IN 1983 e = estimated Today's report by: Robert Skilling