Well the problem being it's not there for maintaining a weather record. It's there to control flight ops at BOS. Paying observers to hang around every major city to collect weather obs wasn't seen as a priority so they got cut. Automation FTW!
ASH is actually an AWOS, so a little grain of salt with the dew there. A lot of 77s at ASOSs though down in SNE and Tri-State area. That's real deal around here.