BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 2005 TEMPERATURE UP 90 DEGREES AGAIN....3RD DAY THIS MONTH AUGUST TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SURGE FAR ABOVE NORMAL... NOW BY OVER 5 DEGREES.... The temperature reached 90 degrees just before 2 p.m. this afternoon with dewpoints in the mid 60's. August is continuing to have warmer than normal temperatures each day since the month began. The first week averaged 4 degrees above normal and now we're 5 degrees warmer than average. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS...... 8 A.M. clear and hazy with 12 miles visibility; temp. 73; dewpoint 68; wind sw at 09 mph; six hourly min. temp. 69 deg. BHO SA 1155 CLR 12 126/73/68/2208/990/ FEW AC W FEW CI OVHD-W HAZY/ 8/041 53008 10073 20069 11 A.M. clear and hazy with 12 miles visibility; temp. 82; dewpoint 69; wind wsw at 10 mph BHO SA 1455 CLR 12 130/82/69/2509/991/ FEW AC VCNTY STN HAZY/ 8/040 52004 2 P.M. scattered clouds and hazy with visibility 10 miles; temp. 90; dewpoint 66; wind wsw 12 mph; six hourly max. temp. 90 deg. BHO SA 1755 50 SCT 90 SCT 10 124/90/66/2510/990/ TCU WNW-N FEW MDT CU HAZY WND 22V29/ 8/240 58006 10089 20073 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.... .88 NORMAL.....80 HAZEN MAX. 88.2 @ 2:53 p.m. IN...... 69 NORMAL.....62 HAZEN MIN 68.8 @ 5:57 a.m. MEAN.....79 NORMAL.....71 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 8 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 53 [ +5.1 deg. daily ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........24 SSE AT 4:20 P.M. AEROVANE.......................... 25 SSE AT 4:20 P.M. ASOS................................... 23 SSE AT 4:28 P.M. DAVIS.....................................25 SSW AT 1:39 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY........... 18 SSE AT 4:18 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..... 21 SSE AT 4:20 P.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..... 19 SSE AT 4:20 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... 12.4 SSW ASOS........................................................ 12.7 S [ 190 deg ] DAVIS....................................................... 12.6 S [ 190 deg ] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.13 ASOS.............. 0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST.............1.26 DEPARTURE....-0.01 ASOS..............1.13 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........34.79 DEPARTURE....+4.26 ASOS.............33.53* *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/+2/0.72/416/48 32 WMW Aero 36 MPH WNW TSTM 8/2 87/65/76/+4/0.03/821/95 21 W 8/3 87/67/77/+5/0/578/67 20 WNW 8/4 85/66/76/+4/0/800/93 25 SE 8/5 95/67/81/+9/0.49/515/60 51 WSW TSTM Aero 50 MPH WSW 8/6 82/65/74/+2/0/.../.. 21 NNE 8/7 85/63/74/+3/0/.../.. 22 S 8/8 92/66/79/+8/0/.../.. 23 S 8/9 87/70/79/+8/0.02/221/26 28 S 8/10 88/69/79/+8/0/670/79 24 SSE 8/11 morning low temp. 69; normal low 62 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR AUGUST 11 HIGH 97F IN 1944 LOW 49F IN 1972 PRECIP 3.13 INCHES IN 1990 PEAK GUST 44 MPH SW IN 1971 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 12 HIGH 99F IN 1944 LOW 48F IN 1930 PRECIP 1.89 INCHES IN 1979 PEAK GUST 50 MPH NE IN 1983 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling