BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
MONDAY JUNE 23 2003

SPRECIAL REPORT...

WEEK-END RAINFALL TOTAL 1.90 INS.
TEMPERATURES FOR JUNE NOW AVERAGE 4.5 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL...
SUNSHINE FOR JUNE NOW ONLY 35% OF POSSIBLE...

The rainfall total for the event that began Saturday afternoon
and ended early this Monday morning totaled 1.90 inches in the
standard rain gage and 1.76 inches for the ASOS tipping bucket.
Yesterday's rainfall for the calendar day of about 1.45 inches
was not a record for the date.

This brings the June total to 5.60 inches or 2.81 inches more
than normal through June 22nd. The total for the year has now
reached 29.73 or 6.12 inches above normal to date.
Three seperate thunderstorms were reported here yesterday.

The day's high and low for June 22nd was 56/54 (no records set)
with mean of 55 the day was 12 degrees COOLER than normal.
This brings the total departure for June to a minus  95 degrees
so the month is averaging 4.5 degrees cooler than normal
daily.  This is the biggest negative departure I've ever seen
for a summer month!

Sunshine is again way below normal at 35% for June following the May's
very low 35%.


TODAY'S EARLY OBS...

6/23/2003 MON
BHO SA 1155 5 SCT E30 BKN 100 OVC 10 081/59/58/3508/977/ FEW STRA DRFTG BLO/OCNL OVR SMT
HIER CLDS VSB OVHD SML BINOVC SW-NW THN F ALQDS VSBY NE-SE 4 W 15 N 10/
8/671/ 53011 MANUAL 70148 ASOS 70140

BHO SA 1455 E5 OVC 2F 090/60/58/0407/980/ VSBY N-NE 11/2/ 8/6/// 51009

Robert Skilling