BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION... Another beautiful sunny, dry day with excellent visibility up to 70 miles. Temperatures are warming to the low 70s late this morning with a light south wind. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS: 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 250 -SCT 70 282/60/54/1810/036/ AC LYR DSNT WSW-NW-N FEW PATCHES GF DSNT ESE/ 8/031 51007 10060 20055 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 70 275/70/51/1807/034/ FEW SML CU DSNT SW AC LYR DSNT WSW-NW-NNE WND L/V/ 8/231 56007 ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....76 NORMAL.....77 HAZEN SHELTER....76.2 AT 3:35 P.M. MIN.....55 NORMAL.....59 HAZEN SHELTER....55.4 AT 5:59 A.M. MEAN....66 NORMAL.....68 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....-33 (-1.4 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........21 SE AT 6:03 P.M. AEROVANE.........22 SE AT 6:00 P.M. ASOS.............17 SSE AT 7:54 P.M. DAVIS............20 ESE AT 6:10 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........13 SE AT 6:02 P.M. HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...14 SSW AT 11:57 P.M. EST HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...17 S AT N/a AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 7.1 S ASOS........... 7.4 S / 170 deg. DAVIS.......... 7.3 SSW / 200 deg. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.14 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........5.03 DEPARTURE....+1.80 ASOS..............4.93 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........32.76 DEPARTURE....+0.12 ASOS.............31.11 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 TSTM 8/13 77/70/74/+3/0.78/008/01 30 MPH SSW TSTM 8/14 83/65/74/+4/0.02/576/69 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 79/67/73/+3/T/206/25 31 MPH S AERO 35 MPH S 8/20 86/68/77/+8/0.02/525/64 31 MPH SSW 8/21 77/59/68/-1/1.24/000/00 54 MPH WSW TSTM AERO 55 MPH WSW 8/22 70/52/61/-8/0/807/99 22 MPH NNW 8/23 79/56/68/-1/0/796/98 24 MPH SW 8/24 71/58/65/-4/0/.../.. 24 MPH NNW 8/25 76/55/66/-2/0/.../.. 21 MPH SE 8/26 Morning low 55 degrees A NEW RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMP. FOR 8/7 OF 51 DEG; the previous record was 52 degrees in 1950,1964. A NEW RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 1.55 INCHES has been established for 8/15; the previous record was 1.31 ins. in 1973. A NEW RECORD PEAK DAILY WIND GUST OF 54 MPH WSW has been established for 8/21; previous record was 51 MPH ESE in 1997. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR AUGUST 26 HIGH 96 IN 1900, 1948 LOW 46F IN 1885 PRECIP 5.85 INCHES IN 1924 PEAK GUST 55e MPH NNW 1947 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 27 HIGH 99F IN 1948 LOW 44F IN 1885 PRECIP 2.77 INCHES IN 1946 PEAK GUST 48 MPH NW 1983 Today's report: Matt Douglas