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

DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARY
MONDAY, AUGUST 09, 2004
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME [unless otherwise noted]


TODAY'S MANUAL OBSERVATIONS....

8/9/2004 MON

8 a.m. clear with just a few high cirrus distant sse-s and wnw-nw
and visbility 70 miles but 80 miles northwest with thin smoke layer
along the horizon south through northwest; temp. 62; dewpoint 53;
wind west at 09 mph; six hourly minimum temp. 56 deg.

BHO SA 1155 CLR 70 185/62/53/2708/008/ CI DSNT SSE-S AND WNW-NW
THN K LYR ALG HRZN S-NW VSBY NW 80/ 8/001 53014 10062 20056

11 a.m. high thin scattered cirrus clouds with some lower dense cirrus
north through east; visibility 70 miles; temp. 73; dewpoint 54;
wind wnw at 10 gusting 16 mph....

BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 189/73/54/2908G14/009/ LWR DENSE CI N-E
WND 25V33/ 8/002 50004

2 p.m. scattered cumulus and some cirrus distant east through southeast;
visibility 70 miles; temp. 78; dewpoint 52; wind wnw 10 gusting 21 mph;
six hour minimum temp. 62; gust to 25 mph past hour..

BHO SA 1755 60 SCT 220 SCT 70 180/78/52/2909G18/006/ CU ALQDS CI DSNT E-SE
GUST TO 22 KTS PST HR/ 8/101 58009 10078 20062

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 08:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....75    NORMAL.....81    HAZEN SHELTER: 75.0 @  1:34 p.m.
MIN.....52    NORMAL.....62    HAZEN SHELTER: 51.8 @  5:12 a.m.
MEAN....64    NORMAL.....71

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........- 7
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.........- 19

The month of August is running 2.6 degrees COOLER THAN NORMAL

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........31   W  AT    5:09 p.m.
                   AEROVANE..........31   W  AT    5:09 p.m.
                   ASOS..............26   W  AT    5:40 p.m.
                   DAVIS.............32   W  AT    5:11 p.m.
                   ASOS 2-MINUTE.....22   W  AT    5:16 p.m.
                   FASTEST MILE......23   W  AT    5:12 p.m.

                   OUR AVERAGE.......12.5 MPH W
                   ASOS AVERAGE......11.9 MPH W     [260 deg.]
                   DAVIS AVERAGE.....12.7 MPH W     [280 deg.]


PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00   DEPARTURE....-0.13
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.58   DEPARTURE....-0.43
                         ASOS..............0.55
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........28.31   DEPARTURE....-2.11
                         ASOS.............26.73

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
... SUNSHINE 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/.../..             21 MPH NE
8/3  86/69/78/+6/0/.../..             25 MPH SW      AERO 29 MPH SW
8/4  79/65/72/0.06/.../..             24 MPH ENE
8/5  70/57/64/-8/0.49/.../..          21 MPH E
8/6  70/56/63/-9/0/.../..             24 MPH N
8/7  72/51/62/-9/0/.../.. *           17 MPH WNW
8/8  75/52/64/-7/0/.../..             31 MPH W
8/9  morning low temp. 56 deg.

* a new record low daily minimum temperature has been
set for August 7 at 51 degrees; the previous record
was 52 degrees in 1950 and 1964

OUR DAILY EXTREMES....

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

RECORDS FOR AUGUST 9
HIGH 100F IN 1949
LOW 49F IN 1899
PRE 2.65 INS IN 1976
PEAK GUST 90 MPH SW IN 1968

RECORDS FOR AUGUST 10
HIGH 101F IN 1949 [STATION RECORD MAXIMUM - Tied with 8/2/1975]
LOW 49F IN 1964
PRE 2.27 INS IN 1952
PEAK GUST 88e MPH S IN 1976

TODAY'S REPORT BY:  Robert Skilling