BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME MONDAY, AUGUST 1 2005 JULY 2005 NEAR NORMAL IN TEMPERATURE BUT DRIER THAN NORMAL BY ONE INCH... LONG DRY SPELL...ONLY 0.16 IN. RAINFALL LAST THREE WEEKS OF MONTH... JULY 2005 STATS... Mean temp: 71.8 [+0.2 ] High: 94/27th Low: 53/8th HDD = 16 [+ 7] CDD = 231 [ +16 ] Rainfall: 2.72 [-1.02 ] Sunshine: 16884 mins. or 281.4 hours or 61% [+4 ] Peak gust Aero: 42 MPH S [25TH][420c 39 MPH NNE on 8th] more stats next day or two.... TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS...... 8 A.M. broken clouds with 2 miles visibility in fog; temp. 65; dewpoint 63; wind south at 07 mph; six hourly min. temp. 62; 24 hourly precip: trace BHO SA 1155 E80 BKN 100 BKN 2F 218/65/63/1806/017/ FEW STRA DSSPTNG VSBY INCRSNG/ 8/670 50003 10065 20062 11 A.M. overcast with 6 miles in light rain showers and fog; temp. 67; dewpoint 64; wind southeast at 04 mph; 3 hrly precip. trace BHO SA 1455 E30 BKN 85 OVC 6RW-F 220/67/64/1303/018/ VSBY SW 8 RB UKN/ 8/57/ 50002 MANUAL 6000/ WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, JULY 31: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....70 NORMAL.....81 MAX. 70.0 @ 1:30 p.m. MIN.....62 NORMAL.....63 MIN. 62.0 @ 5:52 a.m. MEAN....66 NORMAL.....72 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+10 (+0.2 DEGREES/DAY ) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........18 NE AT 8:11 A.M. ** AEROVANE.......................... 20 NE AT 8:11 A.M. ** ASOS................................... 20 NE AT 8:02 A.M. DAVIS.................................... 18 N AT 7:41 A.M. ** last of several occurrences.... FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY........... 12 NE AT 8:09 A.M. ** MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..... 14 NE AT 8:03 A.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..... 13 NE AT 8:02 A.M. ** last of several occurrences... AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... 7.2 NE ASOS........................................................ 7.6 NE [ 040 Deg] DAVIS....................................................... 7.2 NE [ 040 Deg] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....TRACE DEPARTURE....-0.12 ASOS.............. 0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JULY...............2.72 DEPARTURE....-1.02 ASOS..............2.72 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........33.53 DEPARTURE....+4.29 ASOS.............32.40* *EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28. PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2005......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: 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 7/1 75/60/68/-2/0.02/110/12 20 SSW 7/2 80/62/71/+1/0/776/85 24 W 7/3 77/59/68/-2/0/885/97 18 ENE 7/4 81/58/70/0/0/701/77 22 SSE 7/5 86/60/73/+2/0/783/86 27 S 7/6 71/57/64/-7/*1.43/000/00 35 NNE Aero 38 MPH NNE 7/7 62*/56/59/-12/T/000/00 30 NE 7/8 59*/53/56/-15/1.02/000/00 39 NNE 7/9 76/54/65/-6/0.09/335/37 35 W TSTM 7/10 86/62/74/+3/0/787/87 32 WNW 7/11 88/66/77/+5/0/822/91 30 NW 7/12 76/60/68/-4/0/849/94 21 NE 7/13 77/59/68/-4/0/649/72 27 S 7/14 84/64/74/+2/0/0/648/72 27 SW 7/15 82/67/75/+3/0/681/76 21 NE 7/16 86/66/76/+4/0/600/67 25 S 7/17 82/67/75/+3/0/0/072/08 27 SSE 7/18 83/72/78/+6/0.15/142/16 23 S 7/19 91/72*/82/+10/0.01/508/57 25 W TSTM 7/20 88/70/79/+7/0/863/97 23 W 7/21 86/68/77/+5/0/629/70 17 WNW 7/22 91/68/80/+8/T/807/91 28 NNW TSTM 7/23 82/64/73/+1/0/865/99 28 WNW 7/24 81/60/71/-2/0/856/98 24 NW 7/25 81/65/73/0/0/370/42 38 S Aero 42 MPH S 7/26 93/69/81/+9/0/782/89 27 S 7/27 94/67/81/+9/T/728/83 33 S 7/28 72/60/66/-6/0/473/54 24 NE 7/29 81/60/71/-1/0/567/65 29 WSW 7/30 78/63/71/-1/0/453/52 17 NE 7/31 70/62/66/-6/T/122/14 18 NE 8/1 morning low temp. 62 deg.; trace of rain NEW RECORDS FOR JULY............ * 7/6 - NEW RECORD DAILY PRECIP. 1.43 ins.; previous record 1.04 ins. * 7/7 - max. temp. of 62 equaled record low maximum for date set in 1914 * 7/8 - max. temp. of 59 broke record for date; previous 63 in 1919 * 7/19 - min. temp. of 72 tied record high minimum for date set in 1949 and 1991 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR AUGUST 1 HIGH 97F IN 1917 LOW 49F IN 1891 PRECIP 3.61 INCHES IN 1927 PEAK GUST 41 MPH NNW IN 1985 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 2 HIGH 101F IN 1975 [STATION RECORD MAXIMUM - Tied with 8/10/1949] LOW 50 IN 1929, 1947 PRECIP 1.59 INCHES IN 1946 PEAK GUST 45e MPH NW IN 1946 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 3 HIGH 96F IN 1930 LOW 50F IN 1976 PRECIP 1.45 INCHES IN 1979 PEAK GUST 41 MPH NE IN 1964 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 4 HIGH 95F IN 1928 LOW 48F IN 1900 PRECIP 1.68 INS IN 1983 PEAK GUST 48 MPH SW IN 1974 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling