BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31, 2005 DISCUSSION....2 p.m. Warm and very humid airmass continues today while south-southeast to south winds increased steadily with gusts to around 50 MPH early this afternoon. Only a trace of rain has been recorded through early afternoon. August likely to wind up SECOND WARMEST ON RECORD.... and almost 4 degrees warmer than normal. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8/31/2005 WED BHO SA 1155 E5 OVC 9 080/72/72/1618G25/977/ OCNL FEW PTCHS STRA DRFTG BLO SMT OCNL THN SPTS IOVC/HIER CLDS VSB OVHD BRGHT SPTS ALG NE-ESE HRZN VSBY S-SW 8 NE-ENE 15/ WND 13V18/ 8/63/ 56014 MANUAL 6000/ ASOS 70032 MANUAL 70033 10072 20072 BHO SA 1455 E12 OVC 30RW- 056/76/73/1620G29/970/ CIG RGD BRGHT SPTS IOVC VSBY W-NW 25 N 15 NE 40 PK WND 1731/43/ WND 13V19/ RB53 PCPN VRY LGT 8/7// 58024 MANUAL 6000/ BHO SA 1755 E15 OVC 25 027/78/73/1724G34/961/ CIG RGD VSBY W 20 NW 10 SE 35 RW15 W 8 NW PK WND 1744/25/ WND 14V20/ 8/5// 58029 6000/ 10080 20072 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 30: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX......72 NORMAL.....76 MIN......68 NORMAL.....58 MEAN.....72 NORMAL.....67 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 119 [3.8 deg. daily ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY......... 25 SSE AT 3:29 P.M. ** AEROVANE.................................30 SSE AT 12:20 P.M. ASOS......................................... N/A DAVIS..........................................N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.................. 19 SSE @ 3:25 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE............ N/A MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE............ N/A AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... ..... 10.6 SSE ASOS.............................................................. N/A DAVIS............................................................. N/A ** last of several occurrences N/A = not available due storm related ASOS connection problem and no internet access PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.33 DEPARTURE....+0.19 ASOS.............. 0.32 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST.............5.55 DEPARTURE....+1.62 ASOS..............n/a TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........38.23 DEPARTURE....+5.32 ASOS..............n/a *EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28. PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2005......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available 8/1 85/62/74/+2/0.72/416/48 32 WMW Aero 36 MPH WNW TSTM 8/2 87/65/76/+4/0.03/821/95 21 W 8/3 87/67/77/+5/0/578/67 20 WNW 8/4 85/66/76/+4/0/800/93 25 SE 8/5 95/67/81/+9/0.49/515/60 51 WSW TSTM Aero 50 MPH WSW 8/6 82/65/74/+2/0/554/66 21 NNE 8/7 85/63/74/+3/0/649/76 22 S 8/8 92/66/79/+8/0/613/72 23 S 8/9 87/70/79/+8/0.02/221/26 28 S 8/10 88/69/79/+8/0/670/79 24 SSE 8/11 90/69/80/+9/T/567/67 23 NE 8/12 89/68/79/+8/T/514/61 28 S 8/13 94/75/85/+14/0.34/622/74 27 SW TSTM 8/14 90/64/77/+7/2.79/334/40 32 E TSTM Aero 32 MPH E 8/15 64/60/62/-8/0.29/000/00 28 N 8/16 74/59/67/-3/0/524/63 20 SSE 8/17 84/63/74/+4/0/803/97 22 NNW 8/18 77/59/68/-2/0/602/73 17 SW 8/19 77/60/69/-1/0/436/53 20 E 8/20 84/62/73/+4/0/582/71 20 E 8/21 86/68/77/+8/T/221/27 27 S 8/22 84/63/74/+5/0/717/88 24 WNW 8/23 78/58/68//-1/0/675/83 22 W 8/24 75/57/66/-3/0.01/389/48 17 WNW 8/25 77/55/66/-2/0/767/95 17 WNW 8/26 83/60/72/+4/0/781/97 18 SW 8/27 82/63/73/+5/0/802/100 28 SSE 8/28 83/63/73/+5/0.01/432/54 27 S 8/29 83/70/77/+10/0.13/343/43 35 SSE 8/30 72/68/70/+3/0.72/000/00 25 SSE 8/31 a.m. low temp. 72 deg; trace of rain early afternoon peak gust 51 MPH S DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR AUGUST 31 HIGH 94F IN 1953 LOW 42F IN 1976 PRECIP 2.46 INCHES IN 1954 PEAK GUST 125 MPH SE 1954 [CAROL - RECORD FOR MONTH] RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 1 HIGH 93F IN 1969 LOW 47F IN 1975 PRECIP 1.60 INCHES IN 1927 PEAK GUST 59e MPH S IN 1945, SSW IN 1965 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling