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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2004
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME

TODAY'S DISCUSSION...

While today is another dry day in terms of rainfall, both temperature 
and humidity are higher than in the past few days with the temperature
reaching the mid 70s late this morning and dewpoints into the mid
60s. Wind this morning has been primarily from the southwest between
10-20mph. Also of note, the great visibility of the past few days is
all but a memory this morning with visibility only around 15 miles
this morning under hazy conditions.


TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS:

8 A.M.
BHO SA 1155 E12 SCT 250 -SCT 15 229/66/63/2213/021/ HAZY/ 8/501 51007
10066 20061

11 A.M.
BHO SA 1455 E20 BKN 120 BKN 15 215/75/65/2311/016/ HAZY/ 8/201 58014


ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME..

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 26:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....77    NORMAL.....77    HAZEN SHELTER....77.1 AT 3:48 P.M.
MIN.....55    NORMAL.....59    HAZEN SHELTER....55.1 AT 6:02 A.M.
MEAN....66    NORMAL.....68

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 2
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....-35  (-1.3 DEGREES/DAY)

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........23 S   AT 8:46 P.M.
                   AEROVANE.........27 S   AT 8:46 P.M.
                   ASOS.............22 S   AT 8:47 P.M.
                   DAVIS............26 S   AT 8:46 P.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........16 S   AT 8:45 P.M.
           HIGHEST ASOS  2 MIN AV...18 S   AT 8:43 P.M.
           HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...22 S   AT 8:45 P.M.

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 10.6 SSW
                   ASOS........... 11.5 S    / 190 deg.
                   DAVIS.......... 11.3 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....+1.66
                         ASOS..............4.93
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........32.76   DEPARTURE....-0.02
                         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 77/55/66/-2/0/.../..             23 MPH S       AERO 27 MPH S
8/27 Today's low so far 60 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 27
HIGH 99F IN 1948
LOW 44F IN 1885
PRECIP 2.77 INCHES IN 1946
PEAK GUST 48 MPH NW 1983

RECORDS FOR AUGUST 28
HIGH 95F IN 1948
LOW 43F IN 1885
PRECIP 1.80 INCHES IN 1922
PEAK GUST 87 MPH SSE 1971

Today's report:  Matt Douglas