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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005
ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

TODAY'S DISCUSSION.....AT 2 P.M.

Another mild day as we extend our spell of warmer than normal
weather to 10 days today. High readings had reached the
70-degree mark for the first time this year early this afternoon.

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS

4/7/2005 THU
BHO SA 1155 120 SCT 150 SCT 250 -BKN 300 -OVC 15 157/45/40/1310/999/
FEW ACC THN F ALQDS VSBY NW-N 12 WNW AND NE-E 20/ 8/087 56004 10049 20044

BHO SA 1455 E220 OVC 15 141/57/45/1605G14/995/ SUN DMLY VSB HAZY
HZ INCRSNG/ 8/007 58016

BHO SA 1755 E200 OVC 15 113/69/46/2007G16/986/ SML BINOVC E SUN VSBL
HAZY WND 16V24/ 8/007 56028 10070 20045

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY APRIL 06:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....66    NORMAL.....52   HAZEN 65.8 @  4:14 p.m.
MIN.....43    NORMAL.....34   HAZEN 42.8 @  6:54 a.m.
MEAN....55    NORMAL.....43

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL...... +12
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......+ 34 (+5.5 DEGREES/DAY)

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00    DEPARTURE....-0.15
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.69    DEPARTURE....+0.79
                         ASOS..............1.70
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........18.15    DEPARTURE....+3.77
TOTAL FOR ASOS FOR THE YEAR...............17.18

SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M........  0.0   DEPARTURE....- 0.1
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH..............  0.0   DEPARTURE....- 0.7
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.............119.2   DEPARTURE....+61.3

YESTERDAY'S PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........25  S  AT  3:33 P.M. **
                   AEROVANE.........26  S  AT  3:33 P.M.
                   ASOS.............24  SE AT  1:18 P.M.
                   DAVIS............25  SE AT 12:23 P.M.
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......... 18 SSE   AT 3:22 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......18 SSE AT  3:33 P.M.
MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE......20  S  AT  3:22 P.M.
OUR AVERAGE SPEED AND DIRECTION..... 9.8  SSE
ASOS AVERAGE AND DIRECTION..........10.6  SE [140 deg]
DAVIS AVERAGE AND DIRECTION.........10.4  SE [140 deg]

THE PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2005......
CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED HERE ENDING MIDNIGHT STANDARD TIME
DATE  MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST
AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant
TSTM: Thunderstorm day
....: Data not yet available

4/1   56/36/46/+5/0.01/0/283/37           23 MPH SE
4/2   56/35/46/+4/N/A/0/000/00            53 MPH SE
4/3   53/39/46/+4/N/A/0/.../..            54 MPH SE  Aero 55 MPH SE
4/4   52/37/45/+3/0.01/0/131/17           32 MPH W
4/5   63/35/49/+6/0/0/721/93              32 MPH WNW Aero 35 MPH WNW  *
4/6   66/43/55/+12/0/0/591/76             25 MPH S

4/7   morning low temp. 44 deg.

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

Daily PEAK GUST records are for the period 1940-2004. Temperature and
precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2004.
All estimated gusts are marked with an 'e'.

RECORDS FOR APRIL 7
HIGH 86 IN 1929
LOW 13 IN 1982
PRECIP 1.72 IN. IN 1924
SNOWFALL 4.5 IN. IN 1967, 1996
PEAK GUST 65 MPH WNW IN 1982

RECORDS FOR APRIL 8
HIGH 87 IN 1991
LOW 17 IN 1888
PRECIP 1.78 IN. IN 1956
SNOWFALL 9.3 IN. IN 1956
PEAK GUST 70 MPH S IN 2000

TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling