BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD TIME TEMPERATURE (deg F), PRECIPITATION (INCHES), WIND (MPH) FRIDAY, JULY 08, 2005 DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED FOR JULY 7 The maximum temperature of 62 yesterday tied the previous low maximum temperature of 62 originally set on that date in 1914. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS 7am BHO SA 1155 W2 X1 1/4FL- 213/57/57/0311/016/ 8//// 53002 ASOS 60005 70005 10057 20057 10am BHO SA 1455 W2 X1 1/4FL- 215/57/57/0615G22/016/ WND VEERING/ 8//// 51002 6005/ 1pm BHO SA 1455 W2 X1 1/4FL- 191/58/58/0310/009/ WND BACKING/ 8//// 56024 6007/ 10058 20057 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 07: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....62 NORMAL.....80 ASOS...62 AT 1:44 P.M. MIN.....56 NORMAL.....61 ASOS...55 AT 4:14 A.M. MEAN....59 NORMAL.....71 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....-12 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....-20 (-2.9 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.....30 NE AT 12:20 A.M. AEROVANE......30 NE AT 12:30 A.M. ASOS..........31 NE AT 12:38 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.......24 NE AT 1:10 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE....22 NE AT 12:01 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.13.0 NNE ASOS......12.3 PRECIPITATION THROUGH THIS MORNING TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.05 DEPARTURE....-0.07 ASOS.............. 0.05 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.50 DEPARTURE....+0.64 ASOS..............1.50 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........32.31 DEPARTURE....+5.93 ASOS.............31.18* *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/.../.. 18 ENE 7/4 81/58/70/0/0/.../.. 22 SSE 7/5 86/60/73/+2/0/.../.. 27 S 7/6 71/57/64/-7/1.43/000/00 35 NNE 7/7 62/56/59/-12/T/.../../ 30 NE DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR JULY 8 HIGH 95F IN 1981 LOW 50F IN 1919 PRECIP 1.74 INCHES IN 1916 PEAK GUST 46e SSW IN 1941 RECORDS FOR JULY 9 HIGH 98F IN 1912 LOW 47F IN 1909 PRECIP 3.74 INCHES IN 1921 PEAK GUST 46 MPH NW IN 1992 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Andrew Hoell