BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD TIME
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2005

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS

7AM
BHO SA 1155 130 OVC 4H 181/71/69/2610/006/
FEW SC ALQDS FEW BINOVC ALQDS/ 8/57/ 52002 10071 20069

10AM
BHO SA 1455 30 BKN 10 183/80/70/0205/006/
HAZY WND L/V/ 8/500 50002

1PM
BHO SA 1755 35 SCT 12 183/80/69/0411/006/
FEW AC ALQDS HAZY/ 8/570 58000 10082 20071


WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, JULY 14:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....84   NORMAL.....81      ASOS....83F AT 3:57 P.M.
MIN.....64   NORMAL.....62      ASOS....64F AT 4:48 A.M.
MEAN....74   NORMAL.....72

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 2
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....-39 (-2.8 DEGREE/DAY )


PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK GUST FOR YESTERDAY..........27 SW  AT 3:02 P.M.
                AEROVANE.........30 SW  AT 2:48 P.M.
                ASOS.............25 SSW AT 7:19 P.M.
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.......22 SSW AT 7:20 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE....21 SSW AT 7:21 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..12.1 SSW
                ASOS..............12.0


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 THE MONTH..........2.56   DEPARTURE....+0.86
                         ASOS..............2.57
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........33.37   DEPARTURE....+6.15
                         ASOS.............32.25*

*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/N/A/000/00    39 NNE
7/9   76/54/65/-6/N/A/335/37      35 W
7/10  86/62/74/+3/0/787/77        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/.../..        27 SW

NEW RECORDS FOR JULY TO DATE....

*  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 62 in 1919

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

RECORDS FOR JULY 16
HIGH 94F IN 1968, 1980, 1983, 1999
LOW 50F IN 1889, 1903
PRECIP 0.89 INCHES IN 1919
WIND 48e MPH SW 1944

TODAY'S REPORT BY: Andrew Hoell