BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY OCTOBER 12 2001... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/12/2001 @ 2 P.M. TEMPS. WAY ABOVE NORMAL CONTINUE AGAIN TODAY... 76 DEGREES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.... Beautiful day on the summit with plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the mid 70s for the 2nd day in a row...temps. continue far above the normals... The month is more than 2 deg. above normal.... TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 10/12/2001 FRI 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 -X 300 BKN 1/16F 220/54/54/2310/018/ F7 HVY DEW ALL SFCS/ 8/001/ 51005 10055 20054 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 300 -SCT 15 220/66/57/2003/018/ THN K LYR W-N-E HAZY ALQDS VSBY WNW 20/ 8/004/ 50000 2 P.M. BHO SA 1755 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 30 198/75/56/2105/011/ VSBY WNW 45 HAZY ALQDS/ 8/001/ 58022 10076 20054 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY OCTOBER 11 .... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 75 MIN: 50 // ASOS MAX: 75 ASOS MIN: 50 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 62/45 MEAN 63 [ +10] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +25 degrees Oct. is averaging 2 degrees milder than normal daily..... PRECIPITATION....ON 10/12 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. ..0.00 IN. ASOS..............................0.00 IN. OCT. TOTAL TO DATE: 0.05 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 1.27 IN. OCT. SNOWFALL: Trace YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.13 {+ 3.54 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 10/11 PEAK GUST ASOS: 26 MPH SSW AT 8:01 P.M. PEAK GUST: 27 MPH SSW AT 8:00 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 28 MPH SSW AT 8.00 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 80/60/70/+14/0/.../../ 38 WSW (Aero 38 WSW ) 10/5 79/59/69/+13/0/.../../ 35 SSW 10/6 69/45/57/+2/0.05/214/31/ 55 W (Aero 55 MPH W ) 10/7 54/36/45/-10/0/673/98/ 44 W (Aero 44 MPH W ) 10/8 51/32/42/-12/T/T/636/93/ 39 WNW (Aero 40 MPH WNW) 10/9 59/34/47/-7/0/0/614/90/ 24 SW 10/10 70/45/58/+4/0/0/.../../ 24 SSW (Aero 26 MPH SSW) 10/11 75/50/63/+10/0/0/.../../ 27 SSW (Aero 28 MPH SSW) 10/12/ morning lo temp. 54; max. thru 2:15 p.m. 76 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 12 HIGH 87 IN 1954 LOW 31 IN 1906 PRECIP 1.53 INS 1948 PEAK GUST 55 MPH NW IN 1963 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 13 HIGH 84 IN 1930,1954 LOW 30 IN 1934,1936,1988 PRECIP 5.92 INS 1895 PEAK GUST 46e MPH W IN 1950 e = estimated Robert Skilling