BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 02, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION... Increasing amounts of cumulus clouds by late morning as winds turned to the east at light to gentle speeds. Visibility was 70 miles earlier this morning and has decreased to 60 miles. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS: 8 a.m. high thin scattered cirrus ear with 70 miles visibility; temp. 60; dewpoint 52; wind north at 12 mph..six hourly min temp. 56 deg. BHO SA 1155 300 -SCT 70 261/60/52/3510/030/ FEW AC DSNT SW AND DSNT NW-N CI XTDNG ESE-WSW/ 8/041 51018 10062 20056 11 a.m. broken cumulus and cirrus and 60 miles visibility; temp. 68; dewpoint 55; wind east at 04 mph... BHO SA 1455 E35 BKN 300 BKN 60 264/68/55/0903/031/ CU FRMG XCPT NE FEW MDT CU/ 8/201 50003 ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....78 NORMAL.....75 HAZEN SHELTER....78.4 AT 3:17 p.m. MIN.....60 NORMAL.....58 HAZEN SHELTER....60.4 AT 5:28 a.m. MEAN....69 NORMAL.....67 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 2 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........21 WNW AT 3:35 P.M. AEROVANE.........23 NNW AT 3:35 P.M. ASOS.............21 NW AT 6:39 A.M. DAVIS............21 WNW AT 12:46 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........16 NW AT 6:43 A.M. HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...16 NW AT 6:45 A.M. HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...19 WNW AT 3:35 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 10.1 WNW [ 10.8 corrected ] ASOS........... 10.3 WNW / 300 deg. DAVIS.......... 10.7 NW / 315 deg. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.13 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.13 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST 2004........5.82 TOTAL ASOS PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST 2004...5.70 SEPT. ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........33.55 DEPARTURE....-0.05 ASOS.............31.88 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/-4/0/778/96 24 MPH NNW 8/25 76/55/66/-2/0/807/100 21 MPH SE 8/26 77/55/66/-2/0/804/100 23 MPH S AERO 27 MPH S 8/27 81/60/71/+3/0/714/89 25 MPH SW 8/28 88/68/78/+10/0/663/83 25 MPH SSW 8/29 87/66/77/+10/0/708/89 29 MPH S 8/30 86/69/78/+11/0.19/492/62 28 MPH SSE AERO 31 MPH SSE 8/31 78/62/70/+3/0.60/277/35 24 MPH NNW PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 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 9/1 78/60/69/+2/0/.../.. 21 MPH WNW 9/2 morning low temp. 56 deg. THE NEW AUGUST RECORDS.... 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. OUR DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 02 HIGH 99F IN 1953 (SEPTEMBER MAXIMUM RECORD) LOW 44F IN 1909 PRECIP 2.73 INCHES IN 1947 PEAK GUST 55e MPH WNW IN 1944 RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 03 HIGH 95F IN 1929 LOW 43F IN 1983 PRECIP 3.82 INCHES IN 1972 (TROPICAL STORM CARRIE) PEAK GUST 58 MPH NNE IN 1972 (TROPICAL STORM CARRIE) Today's report: Robert Skilling