BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARY
TUESDAY, AUGUST 03, 2004
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME [unless otherwise noted]

TODAY'S DISCUSSION....

Very warm, hazy and humid today with a high of 86 degrees by early
this afternoon.  Visibility limited today to 9 to 10 miles in haze.
Our dewpoint temperature has risen to 70 degrees.


TODAY'S MANUAL OBSERVATIONS....

8/3/2004 TUE

8 a.m. partial obscurement with 1/10 of sky with fog and scattered cirrus
and few dense cirrus ese-sw; visibility 3 miles in fog; temp. 72; dewpoint
69; wind ssw at 07 mph; six hourly minimum temp. 69

BHO SA 1155 -X 200 SCT 3F 129/72/69/2106/991/ F1 CI/FEW DENSE CI ESE-SW
VSBY INCRSNG/ 8/002 53004 10072 20069

11 a.m. scattered cumulus clouds and broken high clouds; visibility 10 miles
and hazy; temp. 82; dewpoint 68; wind south at 12 mph...

BHO SA 1455 40 SCT 220 SCT 250 BKN 10 119/82/68/1810/988/ FEW MDT CU CI/DENSE 
CI LYR XTDNG E-SW HAZY/ 8/202 56010

2 p.m. scattered cumulus clouds and a few are towering cumulus west through north,
scattered cirrus ese-ssw, hazy, visibility down to 9 miles; temp. 85; dewpoint 70;
wind south at 15 mph; six hourly maximum temp. 86; six hourly min. temp 72.

BHO SA 1755 42 SCT 250 SCT 9 100/85/70/1913/983/ MDT CU/FEW TCU W-N
CI/DENSE LYR ESE-SSW HAZY WND 16V23/ 8/202 57019 10086 20072

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY AUGUST 02:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....84    NORMAL.....81    HAZEN SHELTER: 84.4 @   3:26 p.m.
MIN.....69    NORMAL.....63    HAZEN SHELTER: 69.0 @   2:30 a.m.
MEAN....77    NORMAL.....72

** eastern standard time

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........+ 5
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.........+ 8


PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........21  NE  AT   10:41 a.m.
                   AEROVANE..........21  NE  AT   10:41 a.m.
                   ASOS..............20  NE  AT   10:39 a.m.
                   DAVIS.............18 WSW  AT    3:30 a.m.
                   ASOS 2-MINUTE.....15 SSE  AT    9:11 p.m.
                   FASTEST MILE......13 SSE  AT    8:35 p.m.

                   OUR AVERAGE....... 7.9 MPH SSE
                   ASOS AVERAGE...... 8.2 MPH S     [190 deg.]
                   DAVIS AVERAGE..... 8.5 MPH S     [180 deg.]


PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00   DEPARTURE....-0.12
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.03   DEPARTURE....-0.21
                         ASOS..............0.02
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........27.76   DEPARTURE....-1.89
                         ASOS.............26.18

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED: 24 HOUR PERIODS ENDING MIDNIGHT EST
DATE  MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST

AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant
TSTM: Thunderstorm day
....: Data not yet available

8/1  79/70/75/+3/0.03/.../..          32 MPH SSW     AERO 35 MPH SSW
8/2  84/69/77/+5/0/.../..
8/3  morning low temp. 68.8 in the Hazen shelter

DAILY EXTREMES

Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):

RECORDS FOR AUGUST 03
HIGH 96F IN 1930
LOW 50F IN 1976
PRECIP 1.45 INCHES IN 1979
PEAK GUST 41 MPH NE IN 1964

RECORDS FOR AUGUST 04
HIGH 95F IN 1928
LOW 48F IN 1900
PRECIP 1.68 INS IN 1983
PEAK GUST 48 MPH SW IN 1974

TODAY'S REPORT BY:  Robert Skilling