BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....2 P.M. Extended period of extremely weather continues through September's first week with nearly 100% of the possible sunshine. It appears that number could be 99% for the seven day period ending today. Temperatures are rising once again with highs near 80 today and the month continues to run more than 3 degrees warmer than normal through the first week. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. clear with 50 miles visibility; temp. 61; dewpoint 56; wind sw at 08 mph; six hourly min. temp. 57 deg. BHO SA 1155 CLR 50 280/61/56/2307/036/ PTCH DENSE GF ABT 10 SE-SSE FEW PTCHS THN GF DSSPTD PST HR THN K ALG HRZN NNE-NE VSBY W-NW 70/ 53002 10061 20057 11 A.M. clear with 40 miles visibility; temp. 73; dewpoint 58; wind ssw at 06 mph... BHO SA 1455 CLR 40 273/73/58/2005/034/ LGT HZ INCRSNG THN K N-NE VSBY NE 25 W-NW 50/ 58007 2 P.M. clear with 50 miles visibility and 60 miles northwest; temp. 79; dewpoint 57; wind s at 05 mph and light and variable; six hourly max. temp. 80 deg. BHO SA 1755 CLR 50 257/79/57/1804/029/ OCNL SML CU FRMG DSNT NW LGT HZ VSBY NW 60 WND L/V/ 58016 10080 20061 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY SEPT 06: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX......74 NORMAL.....74 MIN......56 NORMAL.....57 MEAN.....65 NORMAL.....65 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL..... 0 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 19 [3.0 deg. daily ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY......... 16 S AT 10:37 P.M. AEROVANE................................. 18 S AT 10:37 P.M. ASOS......................................... N/A DAVIS..........................................17 S AT 10:32 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.................. 13 S AT 10:32 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE............ N/A MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE............ 14 S AT 10:56 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... ..... 6.8 NW ASOS.............................................................. 7.0 NW [320 deg] DAVIS............................................................. 6.4 E [ 080 deg] N/A = not available due no ASOS connection.... 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 SEPT...............0.41 DEPARTURE....-0.37 ASOS..............n/a TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........39.50 DEPARTURE....+5.40 ASOS..............n/a N/A = not available due no ASOS connection... *EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28. PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 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 9/1 81/73/73/+6/0.41/773/98 28 WNW 9/2 83/62/73/+7/0/786/100 23 WSW 9/3 78/61/70/+4/0/782/100 25 WNW 9/4 78/60/69/+3/0/725/93 21 NE 9/5 70/57/64/-1/0/770/99 24 NNE 9/6 74/56/65/0/.../.. 16 S 9/7 morning low temp. 57 deg. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 7 HIGH 91F IN 1945 LOW 40F IN 1888 PRECIP 2.95 INCHES IN 1891 PEAK GUST 58e MPH W IN 1941 RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 8 HIGH 91F IN 1945 LOW 42F IN 1978 PRECIP 0.74 INCHES IN 1888 PEAK GUST 40e MPH NW IN 1941, WSW IN 1944 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling