BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 05 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....12/05/2001...@ 1 P.M. AND THE WARM WEATHER BEAT GOES ON..... NEW RECORD HIGH TEMP. FOR DEC. 5TH...65 DEGREES THRU 1 P.M. IN HAZEN SHELTER... (actual 64.7), while ASOS still reports high of 64. At any rate, the old record was 60 on Dec. 5 in 1952, 1973, and 1999. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 12/5/2001 WED BHO SA 1155 75 SCT 10 247/49/43/2311/026/ THN FH ALQDS VSBY SE-S 6/ 8/070/ 53007 60001 70001 10049 20048 BHO SA 1455 80 SCT 15 251/55/43/2509/027/ CLDS DSSPTNG HAZY ALQDS VSBY WNW 20/ 8/030 50004 BHO SA 1755 CLR 25 238/64/46/3009/023/ FEW CUFRA NNW THN K LYR ALF NW-NE HAZY ALQDS WND GRDL VEERING PST HR/ 8/100/ 56013 10065 20049 DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 4... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 56 MIN: 41 // ASOS MAX: 56 ASOS MIN: 41 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 41/26 MEAN 49 [+ 15 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 57 degrees DECEMBER is averaging 14 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL.... PRECIPITATION....ON 12/05 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.01 IN. ASOS......................0.01 IN. DEC. TOTAL................0.01 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 0.64 IN. NOV. TOTAL................1.10 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 3.82 INS. Nov. snowfall: TRACE PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 41.98 {- 2.80 IN. ] WIND DATA....FOR 12/04 PEAK GUST ASOS: 23 MPH SW AT 12:47 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 24 MPH SW AT 12:47 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 25 MPH SW AT 12:47 A.M. DAILY DEC. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snowfall/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 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/+10/0/0/556/100/ 31 MPH SSW (Aero 33 MPH SSW ) 12/4 56/41/49/+15/T/0/516/93/ 24 SW 12/5 morning lo temp. 46 degrees; NORMAL LOW IS 26 deg. RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 05 HIGH 60 IN 1951, 1973, 1999 LOW -01 IN 1926 PRECIP 2.86 INS 1993 SNOWFALL: 7.0 INS. 1926,1981 PEAK GUST 67 MPH WNW IN 1961/S IN 1973 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 06 HIGH 64 IN 1912 LOW 05 IN 1901,1935 PRECIP 2.36 INS 1945 SNOWFALL: 12.0 INS. 1886,1981 PEAK GUST 74 MPH NW IN 1981 e = estimated Robert Skilling