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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2004
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME


TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS:

7AM
BHO SA 1155 CLR 70 201/45/40/3110G15/012/ SC LYR OFSHR NE-SE 
FEW CI SE/ 8/401 51020 70149 ASOS 70156 10045 20043

10AM
BHO SA 1455 30 SCT 80 211/55/40/3314G18/015/ WND VEERING/ 
8/500 51010

1PM
BHO SA 1755 30 BKN 80 209/57/41/3316G24/015/ PK WND 3327/02/ 
8/500 55002 10059 20045


WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....67    NORMAL.....70
MIN.....51    NORMAL.....53
MEAN....59    NORMAL.....61

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....-2
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+23  (+1.3 DEGREES/DAY)

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........46 NE AT  1:29 P.M.
                   AEROVANE.........48 NE AT  8:09 P.M.
                   ASOS.............43 NE AT  1:29 P.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........32 NE AT  8:29 A.M.


PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....1.49   DEPARTURE....+1.35
                         ASOS..............1.56
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........4.85   DEPARTURE....+2.40
                         ASOS..............4.88
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........38.40   DEPARTURE....+2.48
                         ASOS.............36.76

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/+2/0/763/97    21 MPH WNW
9/2  72/56/64/-2/0/722/92    23 MPH S
9/3  79/57/68/+2/0/743/95    25 MPH SSW
9/4  82/58/70/+4/0/553/71    29 MPH ENE    Aero 30 MPH ENE
9/5  67/52/60/-5/0/513/66    25 MPH ENE
9/6  72/51/62/-3/0/720/93    18 MPH SSE    LABOR DAY
9/7  80/58/69/+4/0/424/55    24 MPH SSE
9/8  74/63/69/+4/0.79/008/01 23 MPH NE
9/9  80/63/72/+8/0.75/115/15 45 MPH S      Aero 51 MPH S Remnants of Frances
9/10 74/56/65/+1/T/610/80    36 MPH WNW    Aero 40 MPH NW
9/11 69/55/62/-2/0/456/60    18 MPH NE
9/12 76/53/65/+2/0/719/95    18 MPH SW
9/13 76/57/67/+4/0/513/68    18 MPH NNW
9/14 64/52/58/-5/0/699/93    18 MPH SSE
9/15 69/51/60/-2/0.01/367/49 20 MPH S
9/16 70/60/65/+3/0.09/.../.. 20 MPH SSW
9/17 78/65/72/+10/0/.../..   23 MPH SSW    Aero 28 MPH SSW
9/18 67/51/59/-2/.../.../../ 46 MPH NE

Sunshine for the month so far stands at 69% of possible
or more than 10 points above normal...

OUR DAILY EXTREMES

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

RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 19
HIGH 87F IN 1906,1983
LOW 37F IN 1929
PRECIP 3.69 INCHES IN 1936
PEAK GUST 48 MPH NE IN 1972

RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 20
HIGH 90 IN 1983
LOW 34 IN 1979
PRE 4.57 INS IN 1899
WIND 44 MPH NE IN 1972

Today's report:  Andrew Hoell