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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 2004

TODAY'S DISCUSSION...

Another beatiful day and much warmer than past days with the high near
70 degrees early this afternoon under perfectly sunny skies but increasing
light haze.

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS...

8 a.m. clear with few high thin clouds and 50 miles visibility;
temp. 51; dewpoint 40; wind wnw at 09 mph; six hourly min. temp. 46
degrees...

BHO SA 1155 CLR 50 294/51/40/2908/040/ FEW CI/ 8/001 53017 10051 20046

11 a.m. clear with 40 miles visibility but 45 miles to west-northwest and
20 miles northeast with thin smoke layers n-ne; temp. 63; dewpoint 44;
wind very light from west at 03 mph....

BHO SA 1455 CLR 40 300/63/44/E2802/042/ LONE PTCH CI DSNT SSE
THN K LYR N AND THN K ALG HRZN NE VSBY NE 20 WNW 45/ 8/001 50006

2 p.m. clear few cirrus distan north thru east visbility 35 miles with
45 miles wnw light haze increasing; temp. 69; dewpoint 45; wind ssw at 03 mph
and light and variable..six hourly max. temp. 69 deg.

BHO SA 1755 CLR 35 290/69/45/E2102/039/ FEW CI DSNT N-E VSBY WNW 45
LGT HZ INCRSNG WND L/V/ 8/001 58010 10069 20050

ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME..

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.... 61    NORMAL.....64     HAZEN SHELTER 61.0 @ 3:06 p.m.
MIN.....37    NORMAL.....46     HAZEN SHELTER 37.0 @ 5:12 a.m.
MEAN....49    NORMAL.....55

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 6
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....- 8  (-1.5 DEGREES/DAY)

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)

PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........23 SSW AT 7:46 P.M.
                   AEROVANE.........25 SSW AT 7:46 P.M.
                   ASOS.............22 SSW AT 7:46 P.M.
                   DAVIS............24 SSW AT 3:40 P.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........17 SSW AT 8:12 P.M.  **
           HIGHEST ASOS  2 MIN AV...17 SSW AT 8:l2 P.M.
           HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...19 SW  AT 7:46 P.M.

** last of several occurrences...


AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..  9.0 SSW
                   ASOS...........  9.0 SSW / 210 deg.
                   DAVIS..........  9.1 WSW / 240 deg.

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00   DEPARTURE....-0.14
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.01   DEPARTURE....-0.83
                         ASOS..............0.01
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........42.27   DEPARTURE....+3.83
                         ASOS.............41.61

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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

10/1  68/51/60/+3/0/591/84    16 MPH ESE
10/2  68/52/60/+4/0.01/056/08 22 MPH S
10/3  59/46/53/-3/0/621/89    27 MPH NNW
10/4  68/46/57/+1/0/626/90    23 MPH W
10/5  55/40/48/-7/0/665/96    32 MPH NW
10/6  61/37/49/-6/0/.../..    23 MPH SSW

10/7  morning low temp. 46 deg; normal low 46

OUR DAILY EXTREMES....

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

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 07
HIGH 88 IN 1963 (RECORD FOR MONTH)
LOW 30 IN 1904,1986
PRECIP 1.75 INCHES IN 1972
PEAK GUST 52 ESE IN 1972

RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 08
HIGH 81 IN 1916,1990
LOW 28 IN 1919
PRECIP 2.31 INCHES IN 1891
SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1988, 2001 (EARLIEST DATE)
PEAK GUST 60 MPH NE IN 1996

Today's report:  Robert Skilling