BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY DECEMBER 04 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....12/04/2001...@ 1 P.M. AND THE WARM WEATHER BEAT GOES ON..... Low of 41 this morning was 14 degrees above the normal low for the date... FALL 2001 - SUNNIEST ON RECORD WITH 63% OF THE POSSIBLE BRIGHT SUNSHINE.... PREVIOUS RECORD 62% IN 1941.... NOVEMBER 2001 WAS 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD... 1. 1975...47.4 2. 1948...46.4 3. 1979...46.4 4. 2001...46.0 These mean temperatures are our 24-hour corrected monthly means. The NWS monthly mean was 46.3 or 4.6 deg. warmer than normal. ANOTHER WARM YEAR 2001 NOW RANKS 7th WARMEST Temp Year JAN-NOV 1999 52.4 1998 52.0 1991 52.0 1949 51.8 1953 51.8 1990 51.5 2001 51.4 All ranks since 1885. NOVEMBER 2001 WAS 6TH DRIEST ON RECORD.... BUT OCT.-NOV. WAS 2ND DRIEST.... 1. 1946....1.48 INS. 2. 2001....1.89 INS. 3. 1924....2.39 INS. THE FALL SEASON WAS WARM AND DRY! SEPTEMBER THRU NOVEMBER WAS TIED FOR 2ND WARMEST AND WAS OUR 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD.... 1. 1931....54.8 2. 1946....54.3 2001....54.3 1. 1946....4.32 INS. 2. 2001....4.61 INS. 3. 1952....4.83 INS. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 12/4/2001 TUE 7 a.m. BHO SA 1155 CLR 20 257/41/31/2611/029/ PTCHY THN F BLO INVSN ALQDS FEW DENSE PTCHS GF VCNTY STN SW HAZY ALQDS/ 53016 10042 20041 10 a.m. BHO SA 1455 CLR 20 275/47/33/2704/034/ PTCH AC DSNT W FEW CIDSNT WSW-WNW THN KH ALQDS/ 8/041/ 51018 1 p.m. BHO SA 1755 250 SCT 300 -BKN 30 265/54/35/2404/031/ FEW AC/ACSL S-NNW K LYR ALF N-E HAZY ALQDS VSBY E 20 WNW 45/ 8/041/ 58010 10055 20041 DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY DECEMBER 3... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 52 MIN: 35 // ASOS MAX: 52 ASOS MIN: 36 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 42/27 MEAN 44 [+ 10 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 42 degrees DECEMBER is averaging 14 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL.... PRECIPITATION....ON 12/04 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. DEC. TOTAL................0.00 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 0.49 IN. NOV. TOTAL................1.10 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 3.82 INS. Nov. snowfall: TRACE PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 41.97 {- 2.65 IN. ] WIND DATA....FOR 12/03 PEAK GUST ASOS: 31 MPH SSW AT 7:03 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 31 MPH SSW AT 7:03 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 33 MPH SSW AT 7:03 P.M. DAILY NOV. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... ax/min/mean/dep/precip/snowfall/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 11/1 66/48/57/+10/0.13/0/359/58/ 28 SW 11/2 71/54/63/+16/0/0/253/41/ 37 SSW (Aero 38 MPH SSW ) 11/3 61/47/54/+8/0.27/0/012/02/ 31 SSW (Aero 32 MPH SSW) 11/4 58/43/51/+5/0/0/416/68/ 18 S 11/5 47/36/42/-4/0.17/T/195/32/ 36 NW (Aero 38 MPH NW ) 11/6 51/36/44/-1/0/0/522/86/ 42 NW (Aero 44 MPH NW ) 11/7 56/36/46/+1/0/0/526/87/ 48 WNW (Aero 48 MPH WNW ) 11/8 54/35/45/0/0/0/591/98/ 35 S (Aero 36 MPH S ] 11/9 52/33/43/-1/0/0/510/85/ 45 WNW 11/10 49/32/41/-3/T/0/033/06/ 25 SW 11/11 45/28/37/-7/0/0/548/92/ 40 NW (Aero 43 MPH NW ) 11/12 42/25/34/-9/0/0/546/92/ 29 WNW (Aero 28 MPH WNW ) 11/13 47/24/36/-7/0/0/585/99/ 23 SSW 11/14 55/38/47/+5/0.03/0/135/23/ 32 SW 11/15 60/44/52/+10/0/0/241/41/ 25 SSW 11/16 68/42/55/+13/0/0/287/49/ 35 W 11/17 42/31/37/-4/0/0/443/76/ 27 NE 11/18 58/31/45/+4/0/0/564/97/ 27 SW (Aero 27 MPH SW ) 11/19 60/43/52/+12/0/0/515/89/ 39 SW (Aero 40 MPH SW ) 11/20 57/31/44/+4/0.03/0/052/09/ 44 WNW (Aero 44 MPH WNW ) 11/21 41/26/34/-6/0/0/575/100/ 17 NW (Aero 20 MPH WNW ) 11/22 52/33/43/+4/0/0/281/49/ 18 SSW (Aero 20 MPH SSW ) 11/23 49/38/44/+5/0/0/474/83/ 20 E 11/24 51/43/47/+9/T/0/000/00/ 24 SSE 11/25 63/47/55/+17/0.11/0/301/53/ 36 SSE (Aero 38 MPH SSE) 11/26 64/47/56/+18/0.14/0/289/51/ 31 SSE (Aero 32 MPH SSE) 11/27 53/44/49/+12/0.01/0/073/13/ 18 SW (Aero 20 MPH SW ) 11/28 61/38/50/+13/T/0/456/81/ 30 ENE (precip. corrected to a trace) 11/29 49/38/44/+8/0.14/0/000/00/ 25 ENE 11/30 62/43/53/+17/0.01/0/000/00/ 46 S 12/1 70/45/58/+23/0/0/536/96/ 38 SSW 12/2 49/38/44/+9/0/0/006/01/ 21 WNW 12/3 52/35/44/+10/0/0/.../../ 31 MPH SSW (Aero 33 MPH SSW ) 12/4 morning low 41; high thru 1 p.m. 55 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 04 HIGH 67 IN 1998 LOW -04 IN 1890 PRECIP 1.87 INS 1968 SNOWFALL: 6.0 INS. 1907 PEAK GUST 73 MPH WNW IN 1980 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 05 HIGH 60 IN 1951, 1973, 1999 LOW -1 IN 1926 PRECIP 2.86 INS 1993 SNOWFALL: 7.0 INS. 1926,1981 PEAK GUST 67 MPH WNW IN 1961/S IN 1973 e = estimated Robert Skilling