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September 2, 2013

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 2, 2013 LABOR DAY ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME PRELIMINARY STATS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2013 TEMPERATURE Temp. Deg. F Av. Max. 78.5 Av. Min. 60.8 Mean     69.7 [-0.8] 24-hour corr. mean: 68.8 Monthly max: 87 on 21st Monthly min: 53 on 15th Total heating degree day units; 6 [-10] Total cooling degree day units: 156 [30] PRECIPITATION [Inches) Total for month: 2.74 [-1.29] SUNSHINE Total astronomical minutes: 16623/25727 or 65% Total card minutes:          16086/24780 or 65% WIND Average corr. wind speed: 10.3 MPH AUGUST DISSCUSION The preliminary report for August shows that we had a cool August and very dry conditions. An interesting note for the month is that we did not reach 90 degrees once. We started off cool and refreshing with highs struggling to make into the 80s most day. However towards the end the month we had a return to warm and humid weather, which balanced out the cooler temps to make the month only finish about -0.8 degrees. August 2013 will go down in the history books to contain very beautiful weather. We got 65% of possible sunshine, with an average high of 78.5. In New England, weather doesn’t get any better. With all of the sun we obviously finished below average for rain. However even though it was dry we are still running above normal for precip. on the year. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered cumulonimbus, overcast altocumulus, thunderstorm ended at 6:10 A.M.; began 6:38 A.M. ended 6:53 A.M. moved northeast and dissipated, thin fog Temperature: 68F; Dew Point: 67F; Wind: S at 12 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.83 ins. Hg, steady Visibility: 10 miles, light fog 6-hr min. temp: 67F 24-hr precip: 2.56 ins. BHO SA 1155 50 SCT E90 OVC 5R-F 103/68/67/1912/983/ TSE10 MOVD NE TSB38 W MOVG NE OCNL LTGICCC TSE53 MOVD NE DSSPTD CBS SW-NE MOVG NE SML BINOVC W VSBY SW-NW 4 N 12 NE 7/ 8/97/ 50000 ASOS 60025 MANUAL 6//// ASOS 70267 MANUAL 70256 10 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratus fractus, ceiling ragged Temperature: 74F; Dew Point: 73F; Wind: S at 7 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.83 ins. Hg, increasing slightly Visibility: 12 miles, thin fog 3-hr precip: 0.08 inch BHO SA 1455 E6 OVC 12 105/74/73/1707/983/ CIG RGD BRGHT SPTS IOVC VSBY N 8 S 20 THN F ALQDS/ 8/6// 53002 MANUAL 6008/ 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, scattered cumulus, towering cumulus, cumulonimbus, broken dense cirrus, overcast cirrus, overcast partly thin overhead, and break in overcast overhead, rain shower began 12:21 P.M. ended 12:45 P.M. Temperature: 76F; Dew Point: 73F; Wind: S at 11 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.79 ins. Hg, falling then more slowly Visibility: 10 miles, thin fog all quads 6-hr max. temp: 79F 6-hr precip: 0.15 inch BHO SA 1755 15 SCT 25 SCT 35 SCT E200 BKN 250 OVC 10 089/76/73/1911/979/ SML CB NW CBS NE-SE MOVG NE DNS CI CB TOPS ALQDS CBS MOVG NE RB21EXX BINOVC/OVC PTLY THN OVHD THN F ALQDS/ 8/303 56016 ASOS 60018 MANUAL 6015/ 10079 20068 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..76     NORMAL…..76 MIN…..67     NORMAL…..59 MEAN….72     NORMAL…..68 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………..+4 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………..+4 COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..7   DEPARTURE………+3 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………..7   DEPARTURE………+3 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..646   DEPARTURE……..+105 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……715   DIFFERENCE…….-69 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY…………….33 S   AT  8:59 A.M AERO…………………39 S   AT  8:59 A.M ASOS…………………38 S   AT  9:00 A.M DAVIS………………..37 S   AT  8:59 A.M RMY 38 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………25 SSW AT 10:18 A.M MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………25 SSW AT  9:00 A.M MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………..25 SSW AT  9:00 A.M AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION……….11.1 S ASOS……………….10.1 DAVIS………………10.6 SSW [200 deg.] * last of several occurrences… PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….2.56   DEPARTURE………….+2.58 ASOS…………..2.70 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….2.58   DEPARTURE………….+2.47 ASOS…………..2.72 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….40.59   DEPARTURE………….+5.46 ASOS…………..N/A* *ASOS malfunctioned during storm on 2/8-9, leading to erroneous totals PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST-SEPT 2013 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane wind recording system gust RMY:  RMY = R.M. Young wind gust recording system added 8/9/2011 TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ….: Data not yet available, records not finalized 8/1  81/62/72/0/0.01/503/58          25 S   AERO 26 MPH S   RMY 27 8/2  81/62/72/0/0.23/518/60          26 W   AERO 26 MPH W   RMY 28 8/3  77/63/70/-2/T/276/32            22 WSW AERO 23 MPH WSW RMY 23 8/4  79/58/69/-3/T/645/75            25 WNW AERO 21 MPH WNW RMY 26 8/5  75/54/65/-7/0.00/858/100        26 WNW AERO 25 MPH WNW RMY 27 8/6  78/56/67/-5/0.00/846/99         17 ESE AERO 15 MPH S   RMY 16 8/7  80/59/70/-2/0.00/759/89         21 S   AERO 21 MPH S   RMY N/A 8/8  79/62/71/-1/0.08/153/18         25 S   AERO 25 MPH S   RMY N/A 8/9  73/70/72/0/2.21/000/00          37 S   AERO 39 MPH S   RMY 40 8/10 81/61/71/-1/0.00/795/94         30 WNW AERO 31 MPH WNW RMY 31 8/11 78/58/68/-3/0.00/835/99         18 W   AERO 18 MPH W   RMY 21 8/12 81/62/72/+1/0.00/656/78         18 W   AERO 17 MPH WSW RMY 19 8/13 73/64/69/-2/0.02/193/23         16 SSE AERO 15 MPH SSE RMY N/A 8/14 73/57/65/-6/0.00/819/98         35 W   AERO 35 MPH W   RMY 35 8/15 75/53/64/-7/0.00/800/96         23 W   AERO 23 MPH W   RMY 24 8/16 77/57/67/-4/0.00/740/89         20 W   AERO 19 MPH W   RMY 21 8/17 77/59/68/-3/0.00/770/93         18 W   AERO 18 MPH W   RMY N/A 8/18 80/62/71/0/T/231/28             16 SSW AERO 17 MPH SSW RMY 18 8/19 82/58/70/0/T/494/60             17 W   AERO 18 MPH W   RMY 20 8/20 85/64/75/+5/0.00/772/94         17 NW  AERO 18 MPH NW  RMY N/A 8/21 87/65/76/+6/0.00/802/98         18 WSW AERO 18 MPH WSW RMY 18 8/22 84/67/76/+6/0.00/432/53         22 SW  AERO 22 MPH SSW RMY N/A 8/23 78/63/70/0/0.00/610/75          25 NNW AERO 25 MPH NNW RMY 24 8/24 73/55/64/-6/0.00/786/97         23 NNE AERO 22 MPH NNE RMY N/A 8/25 82/57/70/+1/0.00/791/98         20 SW  AERO 21 MPH SW  RMY 21 8/26 80/64/72/+3/T/145/18            26 WSW AERO 26 MPH SW  RMY 28 8/27 78/66/72/+3/0.07/329/41         16 NE  AERO 15 MPH NE  RMY 16 8/28 81/62/73/+3/T/631/79            26 NE  AERO 24 MPH NE  RMY 27 8/29 64/58/61/-8/0.05/000/00         23 NNE AERO 23 MPH NNE RMY 23 8/30 81/58/70/+2/0.05/429/54         17 WSW AERO 18 MPH WSW RMY 21 8/31 81/67/72/+4/0.00/005/01         21 SSW AERO 22 MPH S   RMY 23 9/1  76/67/72/+4/…./…/..         33 S   AERO 39 MPH S   RMY 38 9/2 morning low temp: 67F; the normal low is now 59F DAILY RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 2013 None so far. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 2 HIGH 99F IN 1953 (SEPTEMBER MAXIMUM RECORD) LOW 44F IN 1909 PRECIP 2.73 INCHES IN 1947 PEAK GUST 55e MPH WNW IN 1944 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) TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling and Kevin Pecora
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