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July 21, 2014

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

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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, JULY 21, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME FOGGY START TO MONDAY TRANSITIONS TO TRANQUIL DAY ON GREAT BLUE HILL Fog was briefly present this morning prior to the 7:00 AM EST observation, limiting visibility to less than 1 mile in most directions. By the observation time most of the fog had begun to lift and burn off revealing mostly clear skies above. By the 1:00 PM EST observation skies were mostly clear with only a few small cumulus near the station with some altocumulus and cirrostratus distant and largely south of Great Blue Hill. A maximum of 75F had been reached by this time as well with winds mostly off the ocean at 80 degrees east. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, broken altocumulus Temperature: 63F; Dew Point: 60F; Wind: estimated N at 4 kts Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 30.23 ins. Hg, rising, then more quickly Visibility: 20 miles, thin fog in all directions 6-hr max temp: 63F 6-hr min temp: 59F 24-hr precip: Trace BHO SA 1155 1 SCT E60 BKN 20 236/63/60/E3504/023/ THN FG ALQDS WND LGT/ 8/430 53011 MANUAL 7000/ 10063 20059 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered cirrus fibratus, few cumulus in all directions, few altocumulus distant ENE-SSW Temperature: 73F; Dew Point: 61F; Wind: NE at 8 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.24 ins. Hg, rising then more slowly Visibility: 35 miles, light distant haze BHO SA 1455 250 SCT 35 239/73/61/0508/024/ FEW CU ALQDS FEW AC DSNT ENE-SSW LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/131 51003 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered cirrostratus, few cumulus ESE-N, few altocumulus distant E-S Temperature: 75F; Dew Point: 54F; Wind: E at 9 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.22 ins. Hg, falling then more slowly Visibility: 50 miles, light distant haze 6-hr max temp: 75F 6-hr min temp: 62F BHO SA 1755 E250 SCT 50 232/75/54/0809/022/ FEW CU ESE-N FEW AC DSNT E-S LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/138 56007 10075 20062 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..72    NORMAL…..81 MIN…..60    NORMAL…..63 MEAN….66    NORMAL…..72 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….-6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………+28 [+1.2 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..1   DEPARTURE……….-7 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………159   DEPARTURE………+22 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..268   DEPARTURE……….+2 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……411   DIFFERENCE…….-143 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………16  ENE AT 6:18 P.M.* ASOS…………………..17  ENE AT 6:18 P.M. DAVIS………………….16  ENE AT 5:57 P.M. RMY 16 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..11  ENE AT 6:30 P.M.* MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..13  ENE AT 4:42 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….12  E   AT 2:31 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….7.8  ENE ASOS………………….8.2 DAVIS…………………7.1  ENE [72 deg] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M…Trace  DEPARTURE……….-0.13 ASOS…………..0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….4.35  DEPARTURE……….+0.92 ASOS…………..4.32 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….28.90  DEPARTURE……….-1.50 ASOS………….28.83 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2014 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/RMY 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 7/1  85/66/76/+6/0.00/695/76              31 SSW RMY 36 7/2  89/69/79/+9/T/639/70                 33 SSW RMY 38 7/3  91/68/80/+9/0.05/611/67              29 W   RMY 30  TSTM 7/4  72/61/67/-4/2.48/027/03              28 N   RMY N/A TSTM 7/5  77/55/66/-5/0.27/738/81              36 NW  RMY N/A 7/6  83/61/72/+1/0.00/892/98              29 SW  RMY 33 7/7  85/65/75/+4/T/563/62                 33 SW  RMY 38  TSTM [NO RAIN] 7/8  89/70/80/+8/0.00/763/84              31 SW  RMY 38 7/9  86/70/78/+6/0.00/779/86              28 SSW RMY N/A 7/10 80/65/73/+1/0.00/597/66              16 NW  RMY N/A 7/11 76/62/69/-3/0.00/732/81              22 NE  RMY N/A 7/12 85/60/73/+1/0.00/849/94              21 S   RMY 25 7/13 82/64/73/+1/0.01/676/75              31 S   RMY 35 7/14 83/69/76/+4/0.54/207/23              25 S   RMY 27 7/15 82/70/76/+4/0.02/135/15              26 S   RMY 29 TSTM 7/16 73/65/69/-3/0.98/000/00              27 SSW RMY 32 TSTM 7/17 79/62/71/-1/T/…/..                 15 WSW RMY 17 7/18 80/60/70/-2/0.00/…/..              15 NW  RMY 16 7/19 77/63/70/-2/0.00/…/..              13 E   RMY 14 7/20 72/60/66/-6/T/…/..                 16 ENE RMY 16 7/21 morning low of 59F; the normal low is now 63F DAILY RECORDS FOR JULY 2014: 7/4  NEW DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.48 ins; surpasses previous record of 1.78 ins. in 1950 7/16 NEW DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.98 ins; surpasses previous record of 0.89 ins. in 1919 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR JULY 21 HIGH 100F IN 1977 [RECORD FOR MONTH] LOW 48F IN 1890 PRECIP 2.09 INS IN 1938 PEAK GUST 60e MPH WNW IN 1977 RECORDS FOR JULY 22 HIGH 99F IN 1926, 2011 LOW 52F IN 1890 PRECIP 1.73 INS IN 1900 PEAK GUST 55 MPH IN 1983 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald
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