BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY MAY 31 2002 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... 5/31/2002... Warm and humid conditions continue with an overnight low of only 62 degrees. The month however is still averaging below normal with a total departure of -40 through yesterday, so the month is averaging 1.3 degrees below normal daily. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS..... 8 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E10 OVC 30 102/65/63/2115G21/983/ FEW BINOVC ALQDS/ 8/5/// 56007 10062 20065 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E20 BKN 220 BKN 30 078/73/62/2017G22/976/ FEW MDT CU W-NW/ 8/202/ 58024 THE DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY MAY 30TH... TEMPERATURES....CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.... EASTERN STANDARD TIME... MAX : 79 MIN: 58 // ASOS MAX: 79 ASOS MIN: 58 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 71/51 MEAN 69 [ + 8 ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR MAY TO DATE: - 40 degrees THE MAY TEMPERATURE IS 1.3 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL TO DATE.... PRECIPITATION....ON 05/31 AS OF 8 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M. . 0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR MAY....... 6.09 INS. TOTAL FOR MAY.............6.37 INS. STD GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL........+ 2.77 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 19.88 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.67 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 05/30... PEAK GUST ASOS: 29 MPH S AT 6:57 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST 420C: 30 MPH S AT 4:08 P.M. EDT PEAK GUST AERO: 30 MPH S AT 4:37 P.M. EDT MAY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system ... data not yet available 5/1 58/38/48/-4/0.00/0/827/98/ 38 W 5/2 49/42/46/-6/0.62/0/000/00/ 35 SE 5/3 54/42/48/-5/0.02/0/747/88/ 71 W (Aero 70 MPH W)(Maximum, Inc. 74 mph ) 5/4 68/39/54/+1/0/0/842/99/ 33 WNW 5/5 72/46/59/+6/0/0/751/88/ 28 S 5/6 77/46/62/+8/0/0/668/78/ 38 S (Aero 39 MPH S)(Maximum, Inc. 40 MPH S ) 5/7 74/51/63/+9/0/0/369/43/ 39 SW 5/8 64/50/57/+3/0/0/679/79/ 30 NW 5/9 57/45/51/-4/0.07/0/009/01/ 30 ENE 5/10 76/52/64/+9/0.13/0/727/84/ 45 WNW 5/11 66/46/56/0/0/0/790/91/ 39 W 5/12 56/44/50/-6/0.43/0/000/00/ 25 SE 5/13 45/41/43/-13/1.93/0/000/00/ 45 ENE 5/14 61/41/51/-6/0.35/0/306/35/ 46 W 5/15 58/38/48/-9/T/0/543/62/ 53 MPH W (Aero 52 MPH W ) 5/16 77/46/62/+5/0/0/632/72/ 40 SSW 5/17 72/51/62/+5/0.01/0/238/27/ 32 WNW 5/18 51/35/43/-15/1.58/T/000/00/ 46 NE 5/19 58/34/46/-12/0/0/849/96/ 30 WNW 5/20 57/37/47/-11/0/0/514/58/ 22 W 5/21 61/36/49/-10/0/0/630/71/ 27 WNW 5/22 69/41/55/-4/0/0/880/99/ 28 S 5/23 77/44/61/+2/0/0/873/98/ 30 S 5/24 84/48/66/+6/T/0/804/90/ 37 NW 5/25 61/45/53/-7/0/0/841/94/ 36 NW 5/26 67/44/56/-4/T/0/206/23/ 33 SSW 5/27 76/55/66/+5/0.51/0/269/30/ 27 SSW 5/28 68/59/64/+3/0.46/0/081/09/ 21 SSW 5/29 75/58/67/+6/0.26/0/.../../ 25 SSE 5/30 79/58/69/+8/0/0/.../../ 30 S 5/31 Morning low 62 degrees... RECORDS FOR MAY 31 HIGH 92 IN 1944, 1987 LOW 35 IN 1961 PRECIP 5.02 INS 1984 PEAK GUST 54e MPH WNW IN 1945 e = estimated MFD