BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION... A downpour early this afternoon brought 0.40 inch in just 10 minutes ending 1:25 p.m. bringing the daily rainfall to 0.78 inch for the standard rain gage and 0.79 inch for the ASOS weighing gage. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS: 8 a.m. BHO SA 1155 E6 OVC 1RW-F 210/70/70/2304/015/ STRA DRFTG BLO AND OCNL OVR SMT VSBY W-N-NE 3/4 NE 2 SE 4 BRFLY RW+ PST HR/ 8/7// 53009 ASOS 60034 MANUAL 6034 ASOS 70034 MANUAL 70034 10070 20068 11 a.m. BHO SA 1455 15 SCT E30 BKN 65 OVC 15RW- 217/70/69/2107/017/ FEW STRA DRFTG BLO SMT FEW ACC BRGHT SPTS IOVC HIER CLD VSB RB52 PCPN VRY LGT/ 8/58/ 51007 ASOS 60004 MANUAL 6004/ 2 p.m. BHO SA 1755 E28 BKN 35 BKN 40 OVC 10 213/72/71/0507/016/ MDT CU/FEW TCU ALQDS SML BINOVC RE27 RW+14-25 PST HR 0.40 IN/ 8/8// 58004 ASOS 60045 MANUAL 6044/ 10074 20069 ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 07: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....80 NORMAL.....74 HAZEN SHELTER....80.0 AT 3:28 p.m. MIN.....58 NORMAL.....56 HAZEN SHELTER....57.8 AT 1:40 a.m. MEAN....69 NORMAL.....65 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 4 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 2 (+0.1 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........24 SSE AT 11:18 A.M. AEROVANE.........27 SSE AT 11:18 A.M. ASOS.............24 SSE AT 11:18 A.M. DAVIS............26 SSE AT 9:21 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........N/A HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...18 S AT 5:02 P.M. HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...22 S AT 11:35 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 12.0 S ASOS........... 12.4 SSE / 160 deg. DAVIS.......... 12.6 S / 170 deg. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.34 DEPARTURE....-0.21 ASOS..............0.34 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.34 DEPARTURE....-0.57 ASOS..............0.34 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........33.89 DEPARTURE....-0.49 ASOS.............32.22 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: 24 HOUR PERIODS ENDING MIDNIGHT EST DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE 9/1 78/60/69/+2/0/763/97 21 MPH WNW 9/2 72/56/64/-2/0/.../.. 23 MPH S 9/3 79/57/68/+2/0/.../.. 25 MPH SSW 9/4 82/58/70/+4/0/.../.. 29 MPH ENE Aero 30 MPH ENE 9/5 67/52/60/-5/0/.../.. 25 MPH ENE 9/6 72/51/62/-3/0/.../.. 18 MPH SSE 9/7 80/58/69/+4/0/.../.. 24 MPH SSE 9/8 morning low temp. 68; rainfall thru 2 p.m. 0.78 inch OUR DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 08 HIGH 91F IN 1945 LOW 42F IN 1978 PRECIP 0.74 INCHES IN 1888 PEAK GUST 40e MPH NW IN 1941, WSW IN 1944 RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 09 HIGH 91F IN 2002 LOW 41F IN 1938 PRECIP 1.97 INCHES IN 1969 PEAK GUST 52 MPH WNW IN 1969, NW IN 1978 Today's report: Robert Skilling