BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....2 P.M. SUNSHINE AT 91% THROUGH 13 DAYS....AMONG OUR SUNNIEST EXTENDED PERIODS ON RECORD.... Another very warm day for mid-September with temperatures headed into the 80's again from a warm start of 66 this morning. September now averaging 3.4 degrees WARMER than normal daily. Extended period of extremely sunny weather continues; 91% of the possible sunshine through thirteen days! TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. obscurement at 2 hundred feet and 1/16 visibility in heavy fog; temp./dewpoint 65; wind sse at 13 mph; six hourly min. temp. 65 BHO SA 1155 W2 X 1/16VF 179/65/65/1611/006/ VSBY 0V1/8 STRA DRFTNG OVR SMT/ 8//// 53002 10067 20065 11 A.M. clear and hazy with 10 miles visibility; temp. 76; dewpoint 65; wind from south at 13 mph... BHO SA 1455 CLR 10 184/76/65/1811/007/ FEW CI S-SW HAZY/ 8/001 51005 1 P.M. high thin clouds and hazy with 25 miles visibility; temp. 82; dewpoint 62; wind from south at 15 mph.... WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY SEPT 13: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX......81 NORMAL.....72 HAZEN 81.0 AT 2:15 P.M. MIN......60 NORMAL.....54 HAZEN 66.0 AT 6:24 A.M. MEAN.....74 NORMAL.....63 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 11 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 47 [3.4 deg. daily ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY......... 23 SSE AT 11:18 P.M. * AEROVANE................................. 25 SSE AT 11:18 P.M. * ASOS......................................... N/A DAVIS..........................................24 SE AT 6:54 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.................. 16 SSE AT 11:17 P.M. * MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE............ N/A MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE............ 18 SE AT 10:04 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... .... 9.3 NE ASOS............................................................. 9.8 ENE [ 060 deg] DAVIS............................................................. 9.0 E [080 deg] N/A = not available due no ASOS connection.... PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE.....-0.14 ASOS.............. 0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR SEPT...............0.41 DEPARTURE....-1.34 ASOS..............n/a TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........39.50 DEPARTURE....+4.43 ASOS..............n/a N/A = not available due no ASOS connection... PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 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 9/1 81/73/73/+6/0.41/773/98 28 WNW 9/2 83/62/73/+7/0/786/100 23 WSW 9/3 78/61/70/+4/0/782/100 25 WNW 9/4 78/60/69/+3/0/725/93 21 NE 9/5 70/57/64/-1/0/770/99 24 NNE 9/6 74/56/65/0/775/100 16 S 9/7 81/57/69/+4/0/742/96 21 S 9/8 83/59/71/+6/0/670/87 20 SSW 9/9 70/60/65/+1/0/276/36 21 NW 9/10 71/53/62/-2/0/756/99 21 NNW 9/11 73/49/61/-3/0/709/93 28 SSW 9/12 88/60/74/+11/0/691/91 29 SW 9/13 81/66/74/+11/0/688/91 23 SSE 9/14 morning low temp. 66 deg..; normal now 54 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 14 HIGH 90F IN 1931 LOW 34F IN 1911 PRECIP 4.38 INCHES IN 1944 [the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944] PEAK GUST 96e MPH E IN 1944 [the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944] RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 15 HIGH 89F IN 1931 LOW 35F IN 1913 PRECIP 3.93 INCHES IN 1904 (Extra-tropical storm making landfall in New England on 9/15/1904 passing east of BHO and bringing a storm total of 4.11 inches 9/14-15/1904) PEAK GUST 65e MPH NW IN 1944 (In the wake of Great Atlantic Hurricane) TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling