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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
FRIDAY DECEMBER 03 2004

THE STATS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2004...
TEMPERATURES NEARLY EXACTLY NORMAL
SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN NORMAL
SLIGHTLY SUNNIER THAN NORMAL

Mean temp. 41.7 [-0.1 ]
Max. 64/7th
Min. 18/10th
HDD = 693 [ -5 ]
HDD Season = 1215 [ -74 ]
Total precip: 4.17 [-0.47 in. ]
Snowfall: 7.8 ins.
Sunshine 53% (6 points above av. )
Peak gust: 69 MPH W [ 5TH ]
Wind av: 13.9 MPH NW {18%]

WARM EARLY DECEMBER....
Temperatures are averaging well on the mild side of normal
as we begin December {+8 deg.} for the av. for the first two days.
Precipitation totaling 0.80 inch is a half inch above normal.

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS...

7 a.m. broken clouds with 20 miles visibility and hazy; temp 34; dewpoint 27;
wind southeast at 09 mph; six hourly min. temp. 33 deg.

BHO SA 1155 E30 BKN 150 BKN 220 BKN 20 087/34/27/1308/979/
FEW SCC NNW PTCHY THN GF BLO INVSN SE-SW-NW VSBY W 20 NW-N 15 NE 35/
8/531 58016 10037 20033

10 a.m. broken clouds with 20 miles visibility and hazy;
temp. 39; dewpoint 29; wind south at 09 mph...

BHO SA 1455 120 SCT 140 SCT 250 -BKN 20 074/39/29/1908/975/
SNW VIRGA ALQDS PTCHS THN F BLO INVSN SE-SW/ 8/071 58013

1 p.m. scattered clouds and 35 miles visibility but 45 miles to
the west-northwest; temp 44; dewpoint 26; wind west at 14 gusting 22 mph;
six hourly max. temp. 44 deg.

BHO SA 1755 40 SCT 35 048/44/26/2612G19/966/ FEW MDT CU W-N HAZY VSBY WNW 45/
8/400 56026 10044 20034

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY DECEMBER 02:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....46    NORMAL.....43
MIN.....36    NORMAL.....28
MEAN....41    NORMAL.....36

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 5
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 16

December is averaging 8 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY to date...

PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........50 W AT  12:23 A.M.
                   AEROVANE.........51 W AT  12:23 A.M.
                   ASOS.............44 W AT  12:23 A.M.
                   DAVIS............46 W AT  12:23 A.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........35 W AT 12:23 A.M.
HIGHEST ASOS  2 MIN AV..............35 W AT 12:23 A.M.
DAVIS 1 MIN AV......................38 W AT 12:24 A.M.

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..   15.3 W
AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR ASOS..........14.7 W / 260 deg.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR DAVIS.........15.5 W / 260 deg.

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING.7 A.M....0.00   DEPARTURE....-0.15
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR 24 HRS ENDING...7 A.M.. 0.0
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER ..........0.80** DEPARTURE....+0.50 **
                         ASOS..............0.82
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER...... 0.0
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON TO DATE..... 7.8
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........49.78** DEPARTURE....+2.82 **
                         ASOS.............48.14

** corrected precipitation total and departure for December and year...

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED: 24 HOUR PERIODS ENDING MIDNIGHT EST
DATE  MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST
... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE

12/1  55/39/47/+11/0.80/0/073/13   62 MPH SE  Aero
12/2  46/36/41/+5/0/0/379/68       50 MPH W   Aero 51 MPH W

12/3  morning low temp. 33


OUR DAILY EXTREMES....

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

RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 3
HIGH 61 IN 1932,1950
LOW -01 IN 1890
PRECIP 2.10 INS. IN 1986
SNOWFALL 6.0 INS. IN 1963
PEAK GUST 73e MPH W IN 1942

RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 04
HIGH 67 IN 1998
LOW -04 IN 1940
PRECIP 1.87 INS. IN 1968
SNOWFALL 6.0 INS. IN 1907
PEAK GUST 73 MPH WNW IN 1980

Today's report by: Robert Skilling