BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY DECEMBER 13 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....12/13/2001...@ 1 P.M. STRING OF ABOVE NORMAL DAYS CONTINUE... Yesterday averaged 6 degrees above normal bringing the monthly departure up to plus 140 degrees. The month is averaging 11.7 degrees above normal daily. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12.. TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 40 MIN: 34 // ASOS MAX: 40 ASOS MIN: 34 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 38/24 MEAN 37 [+ 6 ] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 140 degrees DECEMBER is averaging 11.7 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL.... PRECIPITATION....ON 12/13 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.01 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. DEC. TOTAL................0.87 IN. (STD GAGE) DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 1.05 IN. Dec. snowfall: 8.5 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 42.84 {- 3.22 IN. ] WIND DATA....FOR 12/12 PEAK GUST ASOS: 28 MPH ENE AT 11:35 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 28 MPH NE AT 11:06 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 28 MPH NE AT 11:06 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/ 36 WSW (Aero 36 MPH SW ) 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/+22/0.01/0/393/71/ 24 SSW 12/6 70/52/61/+28/0/0/221/40/ 40 SW (Aero 42 MPH SW ) 12/7 55/39/47+14/0/0/490/89/ 22 ENE 12/8 40/30/35/+3/0.23/2.5/204/37/ 20 NNW 12/9 32/27/30/-2/0.62/6.0/011/02/ 22 ENE 12/10 40/27/34/+2/0/0/.../../ 20 S 12/11 45/36/41/+10/0/0/.../../ 18 NNE (Aero 20 mph NNE ) 12/12 40/34/37/+6/0/0/.../../ 28 NE 12/13 Morning low 37 degrees RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 13 HIGH 60 IN 1984 LOW 00 IN 1893 PRECIP 1.45 INS 1983 SNOWFALL: 9.0 INS. 1902 PEAK GUST 81e MPH WNW IN 1976 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 14 HIGH 62 IN 1901 LOW -06 IN 1893 PRECIP 1.36 INS 1953 SNOWFALL: 8.0 INS. 1907 PEAK GUST 78e MPH ENE IN 1941 e = estimated MFD