BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2008     ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME UNLESS NOTED    Today's observations:   8 A.M. EDT Weather: Clear with a few thin cirrus Temperature: 64F, Dew point: 57F,  Wind: WSW at 13G16 kt Sea-level pressure: 29.93 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 30 miles 6-hourly minimum temperature: 59F 24-hourly rainfall: 0.01 inches BHO SA 1155 CLR 30 135/64/57/2513G16/993/ FEW CI NW-N/ 8/001 51010 70001 10064 20059   11 A.M. EDT Weather: Clear with a few thin cirrus Temperature: 74F, Dew point: 58F, Wind: W at 15G18 kt Sea-level pressure: 29.92 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 40 miles BHO SA 1455 CLR 40 132/74/58/2615G18/992/ FEW CI W-NE/ 8/001 58003   2 P.M. EDT Weather: Scattered cumulus, few cirrus Temperature: 77F, Dew point: 58F, Wind: W at 15G19 kt Sea-level pressure: 29.90 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 40 miles 6-hourly max. temp. 79F BHO SA 1755 45 SCT 40 124/77/58/2615G19/990/ FEW CI NW-N/ 8/400 57008 10079 20064   WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 16   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....79    NORMAL.....79 MIN.....61    NORMAL.....61 MEAN....70    NORMAL.....70   DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL..............0 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH............-34 [-2.3 DEGREES/DAY]   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............23 WSW AT 3:52 P.M. *                     AEROVANE.............23 WSW AT 3:32 P.M.                       ASOS.................23   W AT 3:58 P.M.                       DAVIS................25   W AT 3:30 P.M.         FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............20 WSW AT 3:55 P.M.   MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........17   W AT 4:01 P.M.     MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........19 WSW AT 3:59 P.M.                       AVERAGE.............6.5  SW                     ASOS................6.5                    DAVIS...............6.0 WSW [259 deg]  * Last of several occurrences.   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.01   DEPARTURE......-0.12                           ASOS..............0.01 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........4.45   DEPARTURE......+2.40                           ASOS..............4.50   TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........35.38   DEPARTURE......+3.92                            ASOS.............37.93 # # Includes erroneous ASOS precipitation data on 2/13/08.   PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2008 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ....: Data not yet available, records not finalized   8/1  85/66/76/+4/0.00/719/83     16 WSW    8/2  80/65/73/+1/0.80/346/40     21 NW    TSTM 8/3  81/61/71/-1/0.56/422/49     52 NW    Aero 55 MPH NW TSTM 8/4  79/60/70/-2/0.01/731/85     25 WNW  8/5  72/63/68/-4/T/377/44        21 NE  8/6  64/60/62/-10/0.55/000/00    31 ESE  8/7  72/61/67/-4/.../009/01      21 SW    TSTM 8/8  77/59/68/-3/.../442/52      23 ENE   TSTM 8/9  78/59/69/-2/0/534/63        16 SSE 8/10 80/61/71/0/0.08/474/56      24 ESE   TSTM 8/11 67/61/64/-7/0.06/025/03     25 E 8/12 72/58/65/-6/0.18/.../..     21 NNW   TSTM 8/13 79/59/69/-2/0/.../..        18 WSW 8/14 78/63/71/+1/T/.../..        21 NNW   8/15 79/62/71/+1/1.32/.../..     18 SSW   TSTM 8/16 79/61/70/0/0.01/.../..      23 WSW       NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR AUGUST   8/3 - PEAK GUST OF 52 MPH FROM THE NW IS NEW RECORD FOR THE       DATE; PREVIOUS RECORD 41 MPH NE IN 1964   DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR AUGUST 17 HIGH 97F IN 1944 LOW 48F IN 1902 PRECIP 2.17 INCHES IN 1998 PEAK GUST 50e MPH SSW IN 1952, 50 MPH WNW IN 1962   RECORDS FOR AUGUST 18 HIGH 93F IN 2002 LOW 47F IN 1824 PRECIP 5.75 INCHES IN 1955 [DIANE] PEAK GUST 46 MPH WNW 2007 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Andrew Hoell