BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2005 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME [unless otherwise noted] TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 7 AM BHO SA 1155 180 SCT 200 -OVC 15 214/55/50/1810/016/ FEW BINOVC ALQDS K LYR ALNG HRZN SE-SW AND N HAZY/ 8/071 50003 10055 20049 10 AM BHO SA 1455 200 BKN 250 -OVC 35 207/69/50/1911G18/014/ FEW BINOVC ALQDS LONE SC NW/ 8/571 58007 1 PM BHO SA 1755 200 OVC 30 186/74/51/2012/008/ FEW SC FRMG DSNT NW-E/ 8/501 58021 10076 20055 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 2: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....75 NORMAL.....72 ASOS MAXIMUM: 75F AT 2:38 P.M. MIN.....48 NORMAL.....52 ASOS MINIMUM: 48F AT 5:32 A.M. MEAN....62 NORMAL.....62 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.......0 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.... -7 (-3.5 DEGREES/DAY) PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.13 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE TO DATE.......0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.26 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........29.74 DEPARTURE....+7.89 ASOS.............28.62 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........21 S AT 6:53 P.M. AEROVANE.........23 S AT 6:45 P.M. ASOS.............21 S AT 6:53 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........16 S AT 6:50 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......17 S AT 6:53 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 10.3 S (UNCORRECTED) ASOS........... 10.9 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2005/JUNE...CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST/ TSTM: thunderstorm day AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available 5/1 57/44/51/-1/0.14/118/14 33 MPH WNW 5/2 63/39/51/-1/0.05/593/70 43 MPH S 5/3 58/38/48/-5/0/604/71 30 MPH WSW 5/4 59/40/50/-3/T/400/47 21 MPH E 5/5 60/38/49/-4/0/777/91 23 MPH E 5/6 54/42/48/-6/0.08/103/12 26 MPH NNE 5/7 44/39/42/-12/1.19/000/00 58 MPH N 5/8 47/39/43/-11/0.22/000/00 43 MPH NNW 5/9 52/43/48/-7/0.04/026/03 36 MPH N 5/10 64/46/55/0/0/502/58 20 MPH E 5/11 75/46/61/+6/0/807/93 27 MPH S 5/12 60/41/51/-5/0/835/96 40 MPH NW 5/13 64/35/50/-6/0/846/97 28 MPH WNW 5/14 64/47/56/-1/T/288/33 21 MPH E 5/15 58/41/50/-7/0.14/132/15 24 MPH N 5/16 57/41/49/-8/0.11/193/22 21 MPH ENE 5/17 65/47/56/-1/0/343/39 21 MPH ESE 5/18 59/45/52/-6/0.01/203/23 28 MPH N 5/19 62/42/52/-6/0.05/681/77 25 MPH WNW 5/20 66/45/56/-2/0/310/35 24 MPH S 5/21 51/43/47/-12/0.31/000/00 35 MPH NNW 5/22 54/43/49/-10/0.03/009/01 30 MPH NW 5/23 48/43/46/-13/0.18/000/00 35 MPH N 5/24 45/41/43/-17/1.53/000/00 54 MPH NNE 5/25 46/41/44/-16/3.31/000/00 62 MPH NNE 5/26 49/43/46/-14/0.82/000/00 51 MPH NNE 5/27 64/49/57/-4/0.08/027/03 26 MPH WSW 5/28 77/53/65/+4/0.02/692/77 30 MPH WSW 5/29 70/53/61/+1/0.27/207/23 27 MPH WNW TSTM 5/30 73/52/63/+2/0.07/487/54 29 MPH NNE TSTM 5/31 56/47/52/-10/0/000/00 20 MPH NE JUNE 2005.... 6/1 64/46/55/-7/0/570/63 22 MPH S 6/2 75/48/62/0/0/.../.. XX MPH XX DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR JUNE 3 HIGH 98F IN 1919 LOW 38F IN 1929 PRECIP 1.21 INCHES IN 1947 PEAK GUST 47 MPH NW IN 1998 RECORDS FOR JUNE 4 HIGH 99F IN 1919 [Record for month] LOW 41F IN 1915,1926 PRECIP 1.29 INCHES IN 1898 PEAK GUST 48 MPH SSE IN 1983 Today's report by: Andrew Hoell/Matt Stresing