BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME [unless otherwise noted] Yesterday's rainfall was very heavy here totaling 1.29 inches in the standard gage and 1.30 inches in the new ASOS weighing gage. Our monthly total is already over 2 inches. TODAY'S OBS... 7/6/2004 TUE 8 a.m. broken with 15 miles visibility and temp. 67; dewpoint 65; wind wnw 9 mph; six hourly low temp. 65 deg. BHO SA 1155 E55 BKN 250 BKN 15 102/67/65/3009/983/ SCC ALQDS FEW STFRA DSSPTNG VSBY WNW 20 THN F ALQDS/ 8/501 53012 MANUAL 70129 ASOS 70130 10068 20065 11 a.m. scattered cumulus and stratocumulus castellanus with 45 miles visibility wnw and temp. 74; dewpoint 65; wind nw 9 mph BHO SA 1455 40 SCT 35 101/74/65/3209/983/ MDT CU AND SCC ALQDS VSBY WNW 45/ 8/800 56001 2 p.m. cloudy with dark cloud bases and visibility 15 miles with rain showers and virga to nne and ne visbility 75 miles northwest and break in overcast (distant); temp. 72; dewpoint 64; wind nnw 09 mph; six hourly max. temp. 78 deg. BHO SA 1755 E38 BKN 55 OVC 60 097/72/64/3308/982/ SML CB DSNT NNE-NE LINE OF DRK CU BASES XTDNG OVDH-NNE-E-SSW BINOVC DSNT E-SE AND W-NNW VIRGA DSNT NNE-ENE RWU DSNT NNE-NE VSBY NE 15 NW 75/ 8/3// 55004 10078 20067 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY JULY 05: TIMES: EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....69 NORMAL.....80 Hazen shelter: 69.0... @ N/A MIN.....63 NORMAL.....61 Hazen shelter: 63.0... @ N/A MEAN....66 NORMAL.....71 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL...... - 5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH...... - 2 JULY IS AVERAGING 0.6 COOLER THAN NORMAL... PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........33 S AT 3:56 p.m. AEROVANE.........37 S AT 3:56 p.m. ASOS.............33 S AT 3:58 p.m. DAVIS............35 S AT 3:57 p.m. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......N/A OUR FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......26 MPH S AT 3:58 p.m. OUR AVERAGE WIND SPEED/DIRECTION.... 15.1 S ASOS AVERAGE WIND SPEED............. 16.1 S [180 deg ] DAVIS AVERAGE WIND SPEED/DIRECTION.. 15.6 S [178 deg ] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....1.29 DEPARTURE...+1.17 ASOS..............1.30 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........2.28 DEPARTURE....+1.66 ASOS..............2.31 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........25.15 DEPARTURE....-1.14 ASOS.............23.57 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 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 AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available 7/1 82/62//72/+2/0.06/T/.../.. 29 MPH S TSTM trace of small hail 7/2 83/59/71/+1/0.93/T/.../.. 45 MPH W TSTM trace of hail * 7/3 80/59/70/0/0/.../.. 21 MPH NNW 7/4 81/59/70/0/0/.../.. 23 MPH SSE 7/5 69/63/66/-5/1.29/000/00 33 MPH S 7/6 ...MORNING LOW 65 * short period rainfall 0.41 in 3 mins.; 0.50 in 5 mins.; 0.80 in 10 mins. 0.86 in 15 mins.... DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR JULY 06 HIGH 98F IN 1911 LOW 47F IN 1979 PRECIP 1.04 INCHES IN 1931 PEAK GUST 56e MPH NNW IN 1942, 56 MPH WNW IN 1999 RECORDS FOR JULY 07 HIGH 97F IN 1908,1993 LOW 48F IN 1902 PRECIP 2.11 INCHES IN 1966 PEAK GUST 55 MPH NW IN 1989 RECORDS FOR JULY 08 HIGH 95F IN 1981 LOW 50F IN 1919 PRECIP 1.74 INCHES IN 1916 PEAK GUST 46e SSW IN 1941 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Kim Jeffs/Robert Skilling