BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY DECEMBER 06 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....12/06/2001...@ 1 P.M. NEW RECORD HIGH TEMP. FOR DEC. 5TH...65 DEGREES IN HAZEN SHELTER... (actual 64.9). The old record was 60 on Dec. 5 in 1952, 1973, and 1999. NEW RECORD HIGH TEMP FOR TODAY DEC 6TH... 70 DEGREES was reached just before 11am. Old record for today was 64 degrees set in 1912. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 7 a.m. BHO SA 1155 E150 BKN 180 BKN 20 164/56/41/2116/001/ ACSL ALQDS THN K LYR ALQDS HAZY/ 8/048/ 56014 10057 20052 10 a.m. BHO SA 1455 E200 BKN 250 BKN 35 140/65/40/2119G25/994/ FEW ACSL N-E HAZY/ 8/048/ 58024 1 p.m. BHO SA 1755 E150 BKN 200 BKN 250 BKN 35 117/69/39/2517G22/988/ PK WND 2027/09/ HAZY/ 8/078/ 56023 10070 20056 DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 65 MIN: 46 // ASOS MAX: 65 ASOS MIN: 46 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 41/26 MEAN 56 [+ 22 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 79 degrees DECEMBER is averaging 15.8 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL.... PRECIPITATION....ON 12/06 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. DEC. TOTAL................0.01 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 0.80 IN. Dec. snowfall: 0.0 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 41.98 {- 2.96 IN. ] WIND DATA....FOR 12/05 PEAK GUST ASOS: 23 MPH SSW AT 2:56 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 24 MPH SSW AT 2:52 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 25 MPH SSW AT 2:52 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 65/46/56/+22/0.01/0/.../../ 24 SSW 12/6 max/min through 1p.m. 70/52 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 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 07 HIGH 74 IN 1998 LOW 06 IN 1906 PRECIP 1.67 INS 1953 SNOWFALL: 4.0 INS. 1886 PEAK GUST 76e MPH SE IN 1976 e = estimated MFD