BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY OCTOBER 04 2001 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/4/2001 Temperatures soar to well above normal this 4th day of October. The temperature at 11 A.M. has already exceeded 70 degrees with highs this afternoon of near or above 80 degrees expected. Normal high for today is 65. Overnight low this morning was a balmy 60 degrees, some 13 degrees above normal. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 5FH 149/61/56/2115/997/ 53010 10061 20060 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 15 149/74/59/2311/997/ 50000 DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 03 .... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 78 MIN: 55 // ASOS MAX: 78 ASOS MIN: 55 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 65/47 MEAN 67 [ + 11] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +11 degrees PRECIPITATION....ON 10/4 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..0.00 IN. ASOS..............................0.00 IN. OCT. TOTAL TO DATE: TRACE DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 0.36 IN. YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.08 {+ 4.45 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 10/3 PEAK GUST ASOS: 29 MPH SSW AT 4:39 P.M. PEAK GUST: 30 MPH SSW AT 1:35 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 32 MPH SSW AT 3:15 P.M. . DAILY OCT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 10/1 55/49/51/-5/T/000/00/ 29 N 10/2 73/50/62/+5/0/.../../ 24 W 10/3 78/55/67/+11/0/.../../ 30 SSW (Aero 32 SSW) 10/4 Morning low 60 degrees RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 04 HIGH 83 IN 1898/1959 LOW 28 IN 1888 PRECIP 1.07 INS 1986 PEAK GUST 59 MPH SSW IN 1990 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 05 HIGH 85 IN 1922 LOW 29 IN 1965 PRECIP 3.17 INS 1962 PEAK GUST 64e MPH S IN 1979 e = estimated MFD