BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2005
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME [unless otherwise noted]

Discussion at 2 p.m.

WARM AND DRY JUNE CONTINUES...

The month of June continues a trend of much warmer and drier
than normal, a complete reversal from May's cool and damp weather.
Only June 1 has been cooler than normal to date. The month is averaging
close to 3 degrees warmer than normal daily.

There's been no rainfall in June so the month is now almost one
inch drier than normal.

Today's observations:

6/8/2005 WED

8 A.M.  high thin scattered clouds with 55 miles visibility and 60 miles
to the northwest; temp. 71; dewpoint 55; wind wnw at 09 mph;
six hourly min. temp. 65 deg.

6/8/2005 WED
BHO SA 1155 250 -SCT 300 -SCT 50 129/71/55/3008/991/ VSBY NW 60/ 8/001 51015 
10071 20065

11 A.M. high thin scattered clouds with 55 miles visibility;
temp. 79; dewpoint 57; wind wsw at 06 mph...

BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 55 138/79/57/2405/994/ FEW LWR CI/ 8/001 51009

2 p.m. high thin broken clouds with 50 miles visibility;
temp. 85; dewpoint 56; wind wsw at 07 mph; max. temp. past 6 hrs 85 deg.

BHO SA 1755 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 50 139/85/56/2506/994/ FEW LWR CI/ 8/001
50001 10085 20071

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 7:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....87   NORMAL.....73    HAZEN....87.0 AT 2:41 P.M.
MIN.....61   NORMAL.....54    HAZEN....61.0 AT 5:25 A.M.
MEAN....74   NORMAL.....64

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+10
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..... +22 (+2.9 DEGREES/DAY)

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)(Time: EDT)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........33 SSW AT  4:13 P.M.
                   AEROVANE.........35 SSW AT  4:13 P.M.
                   ASOS.............32 SSW AT  4:14 P.M.
                   DAVIS............33 SSW AT  4:13 P.M.
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......... 26 SSW AT  4:14 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...... 25 SSW AT  4:14 P.M.
DAVIS MAXIMUM ONE MINUTE SPEED..... 27  S  AT 12:28 A.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.14.4 MPH SSW
                   ASOS..........14.5 MPH SSW [200 deg]
                   DAVIS.........15.0 MPH SSW [210 deg]

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING AT 8 A.M. (EDT)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00   DEPARTURE....-0.13
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.00   DEPARTURE....-0.91
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........29.74   DEPARTURE....+7.24
                         ASOS.............28.62

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 2005......CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED IN THE ORDER DESCRIBED BELOW:
DATE  MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST

AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant
TSTM: Thunderstorm day
....: Data not yet available at this time

6/1 64/46/55/-7/0/570/63                 22 MPH S
6/2 75/48/62/0//689/76                   22 MPH S
6/3 77/49/63/+1/0/508/56                 29 MPH S
6/4 83/58/71/+8/0/781/86                 15 MPH SW
6/5 88/55/72/+9/0/782/86                 27 MPH N
6/6 76/52/64/+1/0/382/42                 30 MPH SSE
6/7 87/61/74/+10/0/802/88                33 MPH SSW

6/8 morning low temp. 65 deg.

DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):

RECORDS FOR JUNE 8
HIGH 94F IN 1984
LOW 37F IN 1932
PRECIP 1.53 INS IN 1947
PEAK GUST 86e MPH WNW IN 1946 [Record for month]

RECORDS FOR JUNE 9
HIGH 92F IN 1984
LOW 40F IN 1980
PRECIP 2.08 INCHES IN 1931
PEAK GUST 67 MPH NW IN 1973

TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling