BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY MAY 01 2002 CORRECTED COPY FOR DAILY DISCUSSION.....IT SHOULD SAY APRIL NOT MAY! PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ SEE OUR NEW OFFICE CAM FACING WEST OUT WEST WINDOW AT WWW.BLUEHILL.ORG/WEBCAM DAILY DISCUSSION.....5/1/2002....noon APRIL AVERAGES 2.2 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL AND HAS 3.31 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...ONE INCH DRIER THAN NORMAL SUNSHINE 51% OF POSSIBLE....JUST TWO POINTS ABOVE NORMAL.. The stats and more details tomorrow.... TODAY'S OBS.... 5/1/2002 WED 8 a.m. BHO SA 1155 CLR 50 091/44/34/2611G18/980/ FEW SC DSNT W-NW/ 8/500/ 52014 10044 20038 11 a.m. BHO SA 1455 45 SCT 60 095/50/31/2723G30/981/ VSBY NW 70 PK WND 2732/22/ 8/500/ 53004 THE DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY APRIL 30.... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT....EST MAX : 52 MIN: 33 // ASOS MAX: 52 ASOS MIN: 33 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 60/41 MEAN 43 [ - 9 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR APRIL TO DATE: +74 degrees... THE APRIL TEMPERATURE WAS 2.2 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL..... PRECIPITATION....ON 05/01 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . TRACE ASOS......................0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR APRIL...........3.31 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........- 1.01 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 13.51 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-4.44 INS. SNOWFALL.... APRIL TOTAL SNOWFALL......1.3 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 40.3 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 04/30... PEAK GUST ASOS: 30 MPH SSW AT 4:05 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 32 MPH SSW AT 4:05 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 33 MPH SSW AT 4:05 P.M. EDT APRIL 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system 4/1 56/38/47/+6/1.02/0/244/32/ 54 W (Aero 53 MPH W ) 4/2 59/33/46/+4/0/0/582/76/ 37 W 4/3 66/36/51/+9/0.16/0/138/18/ 43 S (Aero 45 MPH WNW ) 4/4 48/31/40/-2/0/0/694/90/ 31 WNW 4/5 44/26/35/-8/0.02/0.6/410/53/ 22 NNW 4/6 45/28/37/-6/T/T/389/50/ 31 NW 4/7 46/23/35/-8/0/0/741/95/ 29 NNW 4/8 55/36/46/+2/0.01/0/023/03/ 32 S 4/9 69/46/58/+14/T/0/440/56/ 46 SSW 4/10 65/47/56/+12/0.12/0/638/81/ 32 NW 4/11 52/38/45/0/0/0/751/95/ 28 E 4/12 65/37/51/+6/0/0/746/94/ 40 S 4/13 74/53/64/+19/T/0/207/26/ 40 SW 4/14 76/53/65/+19/0.06/0/647/81/ 39 W 4/15 62/44/53/+7/0.10/0/209/26/ 22 SSW 4/16 86/44/65/+19/0/0/539/67/ 21 SSW 4/17 93/51/72/+25/0/0/646/80/ 51 NE (new daily record max. temp. ) 4/18 72/45/59/+12/0.17/0/583/72/ 24 NNW 4/19 78/44/61/+14/0.02/0/260/32/ 31 SSW 4/20 68/45/57/+9/T/0/196/24/ 27 N 4/21 56/40/48/0/0/0/450/55/ 33 WNW 4/22 40/35/38/-11/0.27/T/000/00/ 30 E 4/23 44/31/38/-11/0.02/T/091/11/ 24 NW 4/24 54/33/44/-5/0/0/761/92/ 22 E 4/25 57/32/45/-5/0.75/0.7/381/46/ 42 S 4/26 50/31/41/-9/0/0/483/58/ 46 WNW 4/27 58/32/45/-5/0/0/801/96/ 30 WNW 4/28 47/37/42/-9/0.44/0/000/00/ 47 ESE 4/29 41/33/37/-15/0.14/0/000/00/ 37 NNE 4/30 52/33/43/-9/T/0/336/40/ 32 SSW 5/1 morning lo temp. 38; normal is now 42 RECORDS FOR MAY 01 HIGH 87 IN 1899 LOW 29 IN 1978 PRECIP 2.53 INS 1921 SNOWFALL: TRACE IN 1995 AND several earlier years.... PEAK GUST 57 MPH NW IN 1974 e = estimated Robert Skilling