BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2007   ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   JUNE 2007 Mean temp: 65.9 [+0.2] 24-hour corr. mean: 65.3 Precip: 2.82 ins. [-1.11 ins.] HDD  80 [+6] Season: 5911 [-460] CDD  116 [+23]   Today's observations:   7 A.M.   Weather: Scattered clouds Temperature: 60F, Dew point: 51F, Wind: NW at 8 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.98 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 70 miles 6-hour min temp. 54F    6-hour precip: 0.02 24-hour precip: 0.02 BHO SA 1155 65 SCT 300 SCT 70 151/60/51/3208/998/ MDT CU DSNT WNW-NW ALG HRZN FEW MDT CU DSNT SE FEW ACC ALQDS MTN INCLD 70 NW/ 8/281 51014 ASOS 60002 MANUAL 6002/ ASOS 70002 MANUAL 70002 10059 20054     10 A.M. Weather: Scattered clouds, building cumulus   Temperature: 64F, Dew point: 48F, Wind: WNW at 9 kts Wind: Direction variable W-NNW Sea-level pressure: 30.01 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 80 miles    BHO SA 1455 50 SCT 80 SCT 100 SCT 80 161/64/48/3009/001/ MDT CU/CU BLDUPS DRK BASES ALQDS CU FRMG XCPT DSNT NE-SE WND 27V34/ 8/260 51010   WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 30   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....78    NORMAL.....79 MIN.....57    NORMAL.....59 MEAN....68    NORMAL.....69 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.............-1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH............+15 (+0.2 DEGREES/DAY)   HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY............0  DEPARTURE.........-1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........80  DEPARTURE.........+6   TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON........5911  DEPARTURE.......-460 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE...5791  DIFFERENCE......+120   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............28  W AT 12:26 A.M.                        AEROVANE.............25  W AT 12:26 A.M.                      ASOS.................N/A  #                    DAVIS................27  W AT 12:26 P.M.        FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............16  W AT 11:03 A.M.    MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........N/A  # MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........19  W AT 12:27 P.M.          AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION........9.0                        ASOS.................N/A  #                    DAVIS................9.7 W [260 deg]    # ASOS WINDS SWITCHED OFF BY NWS 6/6, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN THAT DATA WILL RESUME   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.02  DEPARTURE......N/A                          ASOS..............0.02  TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH (JUNE)...2.82  DEPARTURE.....-1.11                          ASOS..............2.77    TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........26.98  DEPARTURE.....+1.31                    ASOS FOR YEAR..........26.41      PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 2007......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: 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   6/1  87/56/72/+10/0.12/660/73       45 NNW  Aero 44 MPH TSTM AM/PM 6/2  87/64/76/+14/0.01/290/32       23 SSE  TSTM PM    6/3  68/50/59/-3/0.14/000/000       24 NNE  TSTM AM (no rain) 6/4  63/50/57/-6/1.52/000/00        35 NE   TSTM 10:15-10:50 A.M. 6/5  78/57/68/+5/0.01/455/50        38 S   6/6  70/49/60/-3/0/637/70           35 W   6/7  69/44/57/-7/0/528/58           23 W 6/8  78/58/68/+4/0/748/82           20 WSW 6/9  63/54/59/-5/0.02/000/00        18 ENE 6/10 70/50/60/-4/0/831/91           22 ENE 6/11 77/62/70/+5/0.04/594/65        29 NE    6/12 70/56/63/-2/0.09/192/21        29 NNE 6/13 56/50/53/-12/0.01/000/00       42 NNE   Aero 40 MPH NNE 6/14 59/49/54/-11/0/036/04          34 NNE   6/15 69/46/58/-8/0/769/84           21 NNE 6/16 80/55/68/+2/0/577/63           25 SW   6/17 85/58/72/+6/T/632/69           31 W   6/18 79/60/70/+4/0/880/96           23 NW 6/19 84/62/73/+6/0/578/63           25 SSW 6/20 74/60/67/0/0.38/147/16         25 W 6/21 77/56/67/0/0.23/823/90         30 WSW  TSTM evening  6/22 71/54/63/-4/0.06/560/61        37 NW   TSTM 1:15-1:30 P.M. 6/23 68/50/59/-9/0/816/89           33 W       6/24 76/52/64/-4/0/807/88           28 W      6/25 86/64/75/+7/0/752/82           31 SSW 6/26 92/63/78/+10/0/806/88          25 SSW 6/27 93/72/83/+14/0/726/82          33 S 6/28 88/71/80/+11/0.18/376/41       32 SSW  TSTM evening 6/29 73/59/66/-3/0/.../..           25 WNW 6/30 78/57/68/-1/0/.../..           28 W      7/1  morning low temp. 54 deg; normal now 60 deg.      precip: 0.02 inch   NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR JUNE 2007:     6/4 - NEW RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 1.52 INS; THE PREVIOUS RECORD       WAS 1.29 INS. IN 1898. 6/27 - TIED RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM OF 93 DEGREES; THE PREVIOUS RECORD       WAS 93 DEGREES SET IN 1999. 6/27 - NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM OF 72 DEGREES; THE PREVIOUS RECORD       WAS 71 DEGREES SET IN 2003. 6/28 - NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM OF 71 DEGREES; THE PREVIOUS RECORD       WAS 69 DEGREES SET IN 1901, 1991, 1999, AND 2005.   DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR JULY 1 HIGH 98F IN 1964 LOW  44F IN 1988 [RECORD FOR MONTH] PRECIP 4.46 INS IN 1915 [RECORD FOR MONTH] PEAK GUST 52 MPH WNW IN 1974   RECORDS FOR JULY 2 HIGH 95F IN 1963 LOW 47F IN 1988 PRECIP 1.42 INS IN 1986 PEAK GUST 45 MPH SW IN 1999   TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Robert Skilling