BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2004
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
Increasing haze and humidity today and the temperature near 80
degrees early this afternoon. South to south-southwest winds
are gusting near 30 mph...
TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS:
8 a.m. low overcast stratus visibility 4 miles in thin fog but 5 miles
to the northeast to southeast; temp. 70; dewpoint 68; wind south at 15 mph;
six hourly min. temp. 67 degrees...
11 a.m. broken low clouds, broken high clouds, visibility 9 miles and hazy;
temp. 76; dewpoint 69; wind ssw at 15 gusting 23 mph...
BHO SA 1455 E15 BKN 300 BKN 9 157/76/69/2013G20/999/ HAZY WND 17V23/ 58004 8/501
2 p.m. broken low clouds with a high overcast and 6 miles visibility in
increasing haze; temp. 78; dewpoint 70; wind south at 21 gusting 31 mph;
six hourly maximum temp. 79 deg.
BHO SA 1755 18 SCT E25 BKN 300 OVC 6H 142/78/70/1918G27/995/ MDT CU OVC PTLY THN
OVHD HZ INCRSNG VSBY SW 8 PK WND 1927/47/ WND 16V22/ 8/207 58015 10079 20070
ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME..
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18:
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....79 NORMAL.....79 HAZEN....72.3 at 3:22 p.m.
MIN.....58 NORMAL.....61 HAZEN....56.8 at 5:46 a.m.
MEAN....69 NORMAL.....70
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 1
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....-28 (-1.7 DEGREES/DAY)
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........30 S AT 6:50 P.M.
AEROVANE.........33 S AT 6:50 P.M.
ASOS.............28 S AT 6:50 P.M.
DAVIS............34 S AT 6:50 P.M.
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........22 S AT 6:49 P.M.
HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...23 S AT 6:50 P.M.
HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...26 S AT 6:10 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 12.3 S
ASOS........... 12.9 S / 190 deg.
DAVIS.......... 12.5 SSW / 200 deg.
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.13
ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........3.77 DEPARTURE....+1.46
ASOS..............3.68
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........31.50 DEPARTURE....-0.22
ASOS.............29.86
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/+3/0.03/165/19 32 MPH SSW AERO 35 MPH SSW
8/2 84/69/77/+5/0/544/63 21 MPH NE
8/3 86/69/78/+6/0/698/81 25 MPH SW AERO 29 MPH SW
8/4 79/65/72/0/0.06/679/79 24 MPH ENE
8/5 70/57/64/-8/0.49/231/27 21 MPH E
8/6 70/56/63/-9/0/419/49 24 MPH N
8/7 72/51/62/-9/0/495/58 * 17 MPH WNW
8/8 75/52/64/-7/0/774/91 31 MPH W
8/9 80/56/68/-3/0/848/100 25 MPH W
8/10 84/62/73/+2/0/719/85 31 MPH S
8/11 81/66/74/+3/0/177/21 35 MPH S AERO 36 MPH S
8/12 82/67/75/+4/0.62/530/63 33 MPH SSE
8/13 77/70/74/+3/0.78/000/00 30 MPH SSW
8/14 83/65/74/+4/0.02/008/01 21 MPH W
8/15 68/60/64/-6/1.55/000/00 ** 28 MPH ENE
8/16 62/58/60/-10/0.18/000/00 18 MPH ENE
8/17 72/57/65/-5/0.04/356/43 18 MPH NNE
8/18 79/58/69/-1/0/685/83 30 MPH S AERO 33 MPH S
8/19 morning low temp. 67 deg.
* A NEW RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMP. FOR 8/7 OF 51 DEG;
the previous record was 52 degrees in 1950,1964.
** this is a corrected daily rainfall for 8/15, 1.55 ins.
a new record for the date. The special report yesterday
had reported 1.57 inches which was not correct.
OUR DAILY EXTREMES
RECORDS FOR AUGUST 19
HIGH 90F IN 1906, 1966, 2002
LOW 48F IN 1958
PRECIP 7.02 INCHES IN 1955 [DIANE - RECORD FOR MONTH]
PEAK GUST 78 MPH ENE 1991
RECORDS FOR AUGUST 20
HIGH 93F IN 1937
LOW 48F IN 1896, 1905, 1949
PRECIP 2.71 INCHES IN 1970
PEAK GUST 47 MPH W 1983
Today's report: Robert Skilling