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September 3, 2018

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER…

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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

TEMPERATURES RISE WELL ABOVE NORMAL ON TOP OF GREAT
BLUE HILL…

Temperatures continue to be above normal today with an
overnight low of 68F. This is 9 degrees above the daily
normal of 59F. Although this is well above normal is it
not record breaking. The daily record high minimum
temperature of 74F was set back in 1921. The maximum high
temperature today so far by 1:00 P.M. is 91F this is 15
degrees above the daily normal of 76F. The daily record
high maximum temperature is 95 set back in 1929. Wind from
the southwest was moderate in the early morning hours with
a couple gust of 18 kts (21 MPH), but became lighter after
7:00 A.M. High pressure remains in the area but it began to
drop after 10:00 A.M. this morning and continued to drop
into the afternoon. Visibility was obscured today due to
fog in the morning the haze with a max of 40 miles. Dew
points rose to an oppressive 72F by 10:00 A.M. for a hazy
hot and humid day.

PRELIMINARY STATS FOR AUGUST 2018

TEMPERATURE, Deg. F
Avg. Max. 82.4 [+3.2] Avg. Min. 66.4 [+4.6] Mean      74.4 [+3.9] 24-hour corrected mean: 73.4
Max. for month: 94F on 29th
Min. for month: 59F on 24th, 25th, 26th

COOLING DEGREE DAYS
Total heating units: 297 [+112] Total for the season: 753 [+216] Total for last season: 607

PRECIPITATION, Inches
Total: 3.94 [-0.09] Greatest in 24 hrs: 1.16 on the 4th

WIND, mph
Avg. uncorrected wind speed: 9.6
Avg. corrected wind speed: 10.2
Prevailing wind direction: SW at 13%
Peak gust and direction: 35 NW on 3rd
35 WNW on 22nd

SUNSHINE:
Campbell-Stokes card minutes: N/A
Astronomical total minutes: N/A

Today’s Observations:

7 A.M.
Weather: Broken stratus, broken altostratus
Temperature: 72F; Dew Point: 69F; Wind: SW AT 12G18 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.25 ins. Hg, rising then steady
Visibility: 20 miles, distant fog in all directions
6-hr Max temp: 72F
6-hr Min temp: 68F
24-hr Precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1155 E11 BKN 85 BKN 20 244/72/69/2512G18/025/ DSNT
FG ALQDS/ 8/610 51005 10072 20068

10 A.M.
Weather: Clear, few cirrostratus in all directions
Temperature: 82F; Dew Point: 72F; Wind: WSW at 8G13 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.24 ins. Hg, rising then falling
Visibility: 40 miles, thin smoke layer distant haze in
all directions
3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1455 CLR 40 239/82/72/2408G13/024/ FEW CS ALQDS
THN K LYR ENE-S DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/008 58005

1 P.M.
Weather: Scattered cumulus, scattered cirrostratus,
few towering cumulus WSW-ENE
Temperature: 90F; Dew Point: 72F; Wind: W at 13G17 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.19 ins. Hg, falling, then more slowly
Visibility: 40 miles, distant haze in all directions
6-hr Max temp: 91F
6-hr Min temp: 72F
6-hr Precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1755 40 SCT 250 SCT 40 223/90/72/2613G17/019/
FEW TCU WSW AND ENE DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/105 56016 10091 20072

SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..83   NORMAL…..76
MIN…..61   NORMAL…..59
MEAN….72   NORMAL…..68

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………..+4
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………..+2 [+0.8 DEGREES/DAY]

COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC)
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………7  DEPARTURE……….+3
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH……………9  DEPARTURE………..1
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………762  DEPARTURE……..+217
TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….607  DEPARTURE……..+155

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY…………………20 SSW AT 6:28 P.M.*
AERO……………………..18 SSW AT 6:28 P.M.*
ASOS……………………..21 S   AT 6:27 P.M.
DAVIS…………………….19 M   AT 5:53 P.M. RMY N/A
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY…………………..14 S   AT 5:46 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE………………..15 S   AT 7:45 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE……………….15 M   AT 8:50 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………….8.5 SSW
ASOS…………………….9.1
DAVIS……………………8.9 SSE [163 DEG] * LAST OF MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00  DEPARTURE……-0.11
ASOS…………..0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….0.00  DEPARTURE……-0.22
ASOS…………..0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….37.95  DEPARTURE……+2.89
ASOS………….39.52

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/PEAK GUST/AERO/RMY GUST
AERO: Aerovane wind recording system gust
RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system
TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day)
….: Data not yet available, records not finalized
M:    Missing data

8/1  82/66/74/+2/T/199/23           31 S   AERO 30 S   RMY 31
8/2  92/74/83/+11/0.00/761/88       30 SW  AERO 28 SW  RMY 31
8/3  88/74/81/+9/0.19/492/57        35 NW  AERO 32 NW  RMY 35 TSTM
8/4  82/69/76/+4/1.16/301/35        28 SW  AERO 25 SW  RMY 30 TSTM
8/5  89/66/78/+6/0.00/815/95        20 W   AERO 18 W   RMY 19
8/6  92/71/82/+10/0.00/822/96       20 W   AERO 16 WSW RMY N/A
8/7  92/73/83/+11/0.00/682/80       25 S   AERO 23 S   RMY 26
8/8  88/71/80/+8/0.70/460/54        25 SSW AERO 25 SSW RMY N/A TSTM
8/9  86/70/78/+6/0.07/509/60        29 SW  AERO 28 SW  RMY N/A TSTM
8/10 85/66/76/+5/0.00/651/77        17 NW  AERO 16 NW  RMY N/A
8/11 70/66/68/-3/0.34/000/00        18 SE  AERO 17 SE  RMY 18
8/12 73/66/70/-1/0.39/000/00        23 NNE AERO 18 NNE RMY 21
8/13 69/64/67/-4/0.17/000/00        23 ENE AERO 21 ENE RMY 21
8/14 83/69/76/+5/0.00/502/60        25 S   AERO 23 S   RMY 24
8/15 86/68/77/+6/0.00/509/61        20 W   AERO 17 W   RMY 19
8/16 87/70/79/+8/0.00/515/62        20 W   AERO 18 W   RMY 20
8/17 83/67/75/+4/0.00/531/64        23 SSW AERO 23 SSW RMY N/A
8/18 83/63/73/+2/0.50/165/20        31 NE  AERO 30 NE  RMY 33 TSTM
8/19 68/62/65/-5/0.03/527/64        30 NE  AERO 30 NE  RMY 32
8/20 72/61/67/-3/0.00/591/72        28 ENE AERO 25 ENE RMY 27
8/21 69/61/65/-5/T/155/19           20 ESE AERO 17 ESE RMY N/A
8/22 82/62/72/+2/0.38/326/40        35 WNW AERO 35 WNW RMY 35
8/23 76/60/68/-2/0.01/187/23        25 NW  AERO 23 NW  RMY 27
8/24 82/59/71/+1/0.00/754/93        20 SSE AERO 18 SSE RMY 20
8/25 80/59/70/+1/0.00/735/91        20 S   AERO 18 S   RMY 20
8/26 81/59/70/+1/0.00/716/89        21 SSW AERO 20 SSW RMY 21
8/27 86/67/77/+8/0.00/706/88        21 WNW AERO 18 WNW RMY 18
8/28 93/72/83/+14/0.00/672/84       25 WSW AERO 25 WSW RMY 28
8/29 94/75/85/+16/0.00/…/..       25 SW  AERO 24 SW  RMY 27
8/30 88/67/78/+10/0.00/…/..       23 ENE AERO 21 ENE RMY N/A
8/31 72/60/66/-3/0.00/…/..        24 ENE AERO 23 ENE RMY N/A

DAILY RECORDS FOR AUGUST 2018

08/03/18: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71F SET IN 1928, 1969, AND 1979

08/07/18: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72F SET IN 1988

08/29/18: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 74F SET IN 1948

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/PEAK GUST/AERO/RMY GUST
AERO: Aerovane wind recording system gust
RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system
TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day)
….: Data not yet available, records not finalized
M:    Missing data

9/1 75/58/67/-1/0.00/…/..        17 NE  AERO 15 NE  RMY 16
9/2 83/61/72/+4/0.00/…/..        20 SSW AERO 18 SSW RMY N/A

9/3 Low temp since midnight is 68F; normal low is now 59F

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

RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 3
HIGH 95F IN 1929
LOW 43F IN 1983
PRECIP 3.82 INCHES IN 1972 (TROPICAL STORM CARRIE)
PEAK GUST 58 MPH NNE IN 1972 (TROPICAL STORM CARRIE)

RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 4
HIGH 90F IN 1953, 1973
LOW 46F IN 1987
PRECIP 3.22 INCHES IN 1922
PEAK GUST 47 MPH SE IN 1966

TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Kaitlin Geagan

 

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