BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
THURSDAY, AUGUST 04 2005

August is starting out several degrees on the
warm side of normal so far.


TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS......

8 A.M.

BHO SA 1155 CLR 12 192/73/63/0000/010/ THN K LYR BLO INVSN
ESTMTD TOP ONE THSND W-N HAZY ALQDS/ 51009 10073 20066

11 A.M.

BHO SA 1455 CLR 20 194/80/63/1305/010/ SC LYR NNE-E
FEW CU FRMG W-NW HAZY/ 8/800 51002

2 P.M.

BHO SA 1755 55 SCT 70 SCT 20 187/83/67/0406/008/ CU/FEW ACSL S-NW HAZY/
8/140 58007 10085 20073


WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 03:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....87   NORMAL.....81   MAX. 86.9    1:35 p.m.
MIN.....65  NORMAL.....63   MIN. 67.0 @ 11:59 p.m. **
MEAN....77   NORMAL.....72

** eastern standard time...

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 5
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 11 [ +3.5 deg. daily ]

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........20  WNW     AT  1:30 P.M.
                   AEROVANE..........................  22  WNW    AT 1:30 P.M.
                   ASOS................................... 18   WNW    AT   1:30 P.M.
                   DAVIS....................................22   W AT   1:45 A.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY...........   15   W        AT 1:47 A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.....  16    W      AT  1:48 A.M.
MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.....  18   W       AT  1:46 A.M.


AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...   8.9  WNW
ASOS........................................................    9.4   WNW [290 deg]
DAVIS.......................................................     9.4  WNW [300 deg ]


PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE....-0.12
                        ASOS.............. 0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST.............0.75   DEPARTURE....+0.39
                         ASOS..............0.64
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........34.28   DEPARTURE....+4.66
                         ASOS.............33.04*

*EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28.

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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

8/1   85/62/74/+2/0.72/.../..     32 WMW  Aero 36 MPH WNW TSTM
8/2   87/65/76/+4/0.03/.../..     21 W
8/3   87/67/77/+5/0/.../..        20 WNW
8/4   morning low temp. 66 deg.


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

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

RECORDS FOR AUGUST 5
HIGH 98F IN 1955
LOW 48F IN 1929,1972
PRECIP 3.03 INCHES IN 1893
PEAK GUST 60e MPH SW 1977

TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling