Subject: BLUEHILL MILTON MA 301400 SCT MDT CU 40 85/71/S15/3008S/HI 85; LOW 70 From: Robert Skilling Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:55:07 -0400 To: (Recipient list suppressed) BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION... WARM AND VERY HUMID WEEKEND BUT NO RAINFALL SINCE AUGUST 21... TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 10 DEG ABOVE NORMAL SAT-SUNDAY The warmest weekend of the entire three-month meteorological summer has just about turned August around from being a cool month to a slightly warmer than average month. This would mean that August becomes the first summer month to average warmer than normal. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS: 8 A.M. low broken stratus with high cirrus and 12 miles in light fog; temp. 73; dewpoint 71; wind south at 12 mph; six hourly min. temp. 70 BHO SA 1155 E6 BKN 250 BKN 12 191/73/71/1910/009/ 12 BKN V OVC THN F ALQDS WND 16V22/ 8/601 53013 10073 20070 11 A.M. broken low clouds and a few high clouds and 30 miles visibility with just some light haze; temp. 79; dewpoint 71; wind ssw at 14 gust 22 mph... BHO SA 1455 18 SCT E28 BKN 250 BKN 30 195/79/71/2012G19/010/ MDT CU ALQDS LGT HZ/ 8/801 53004 2 P.M. scattered cumulus congestus and a few cirrus; visibility 40 miles xcept 25 miles northeast through southest where it's hazy and visibility 45 miles west-northwest with Mt. Monadnock faintly visible, temp. 85; dewpoint 71; wind south at 15 mph; six hourly maximum temp. 85; six hourly minimum temp. 73.. BHO SA 1755 27 SCT 250 SCT 40 187/85/71/1813/008/ MDT CU ALQDS HAZY NE-SE VSBY NE-SE 25 WNW 45 WND 15V21/ 8/201 55008 10085 20073 ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 29: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....87 NORMAL.....76 HAZEN SHELTER....87.0 AT 12:51 p.m. MIN.....66 NORMAL.....59 HAZEN SHELTER....66.0 AT 10:40 p.m. MEAN....77 NORMAL.....67 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 10 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....-12 (-0.6 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........29 S AT 2:54 P.M. AEROVANE.........32 S AT 2:54 P.M. ASOS.............29 S AT 2:55 P.M. DAVIS............32 S AT 2:24 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........24 S AT 3:04 P.M. HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...24 S AT 3:05 P.M. HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...28 S AT 3:04 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 12.2 S ASOS........... 12.6 S / 190 deg. DAVIS.......... 12.8 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....+1.24 ASOS..............4.93 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........32.76 DEPARTURE....-0.44 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 81/60/71/+3/0/.../.. 25 MPH SW 8/28 88/68/78/+10/0/.../.. 25 MPH SSW 8/29 87/66/77/+10/0/.../.. 29 MPH S 8/30 morning low temp. 70 deg. 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 30 HIGH 94F IN 1953 LOW 39F IN 1965 PRECIP 2.75 INCHES IN 1936 PEAK GUST 43 MPH NW 1965 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 31 HIGH 94F IN 1953 LOW 42F IN 1976 PRECIP 2.46 INCHES IN 1954 PEAK GUST 125 MPH SE 1954 [CAROL - RECORD FOR MONTH] Today's report: Robert Skilling