BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME OVERCAST WITH LIGHT RAINFALL FROM LAURA.... Today we observed overcast skies with a maximum visibility of 10 miles at the 1 P.M. observation. This morning, we had a visibility of a 1/2 mile, but the fog has let up a little since then. We had rainfall after 10 A.M., amounting to 0.06 inches by 1 P.M. Wind was 20 mph on average from the southwest. On radar, it seemed much of the remnants from tropical system Laura missed us to the north and south.   The high so far today is 80F, which is 3 degrees above the daily normal maximum of 77F. The low since midnight is 65F, 5 degrees above the average of 60F.   Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Fog Temperature: 68F; Dew Point: 68F; Relative Humidity: 100% Wind: S at 12G21 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.70 ins. Hg: falling steadily Visibility: 1/2 mile, fog 6-hr Max temp: 69F 6-hr Min temp: 65F 24-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1155 X W3 1/2F 058/68/68/1712G21/970/ 8//// 58016 10069 20065 10 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratus Temperature: 71F; Dew Point: 70F; Relative Humidity: 96% Wind: S at 11G17 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.64 ins. Hg: falling, then more slowly Visibility: 10 miles, thin fog 3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1455 E25 OVC 10 036/71/70/1811G17/964/ THN FG ALQDS/ 8/6// 57022 1 P.M. Weather: Broken stratus fractus, overcast nimbostratus, light rain Temperature: 72F; Dew Point: 72F; Relative Humidity: 100% Wind: S at 14G23 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.56 ins. Hg: falling rapidly Visibility: 10 miles, thin fog 6-hr Max temp: 72F 6-hr Min temp: 68F 6-hr Precip: 0.06 ins. BHO SA 1755 E25 BKN 65 OVC 10R- 008/72/72/1914G23/956/ R-CTD THN FG ALQDS/ 8/72/ 6006/ 58028 10072 20068 SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2020 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....80   NORMAL.....77 MIN.....59   NORMAL.....60 MEAN....70   NORMAL.....69 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL................. +1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.................+99 [+3.3 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..................5  DEPARTURE......+1                       TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH................264  DEPARTURE.....+91 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...............751  DEPARTURE....+227 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE..........602  DEPARTURE....+149 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY....................20 W   AT 2:24 P.M.                      AERO.........................20 W   AT 2:00 P.M.                    ASOS.........................20 W   AT 4:28 P.M.                    DAVIS........................21 N   AT 4:28 P.M.                    RMY N/A  MERLIN N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......................14 W   AT 4:30 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...................15 W   AT 4:30 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..................15 N   AT 4:29 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.............. 6.8 W                              ASOS....................... 7.2                    DAVIS...................... 7.3 NNE [20 deg.] 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..........3.68  DEPARTURE......-0.02                          ASOS..............3.71 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........32.75  DEPARTURE......-1.94                          ASOS.............33.52 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 08/01  87/66/77/+5/0.00/.../..             18 S    AERO 21 S    RMY 19 08/02  85/69/77/+5/0.02/.../..             36 S    AERO 37 S    RMY 38 08/03  91/75/83/+11/0.00/715/83            36 WSW  AERO 38 SW   RMY 36 08/04  83/71/77/5/0.21/094/11              67 SSE  AERO 71 S    RMY 70 08/05  90/68/79/+7/0.00/668/78             28 SW   AERO 30 SW   RMY 29 08/06  84/65/75/3/0.00/701/82   20 W    AERO 17 W    RMY 19 08/07  79/65/72/0/T/136/16                 16 NE   AERO 16 NE   RMY N/A 08/08  83/64/74/+2/0.00/612/72             20 S    AERO 20 S    RMY 19 08/09  90/65/78/+6/0.00/661/78             26 SSW  AERO 26 SSW  RMY 26 08/10  94/69/82/+11/0.00/727/86            22 W    AERO 20 W    RMY 20 08/11  92/72/82/+11/0.00/.../..            31 SSW  AERO 35 SSW  RMY 31  TSTM 08/12  93/74/84/+13/0.00/.../..            22 SSW  AERO 22 SW   RMY 19 08/13  88/71/80/+9/0.00/.../..             18 ENE  AERO 18 NE   RMY 18 08/14  82/67/75/+4/0.00/.../..             23 ENE  AERO 23 ENE RMY N/A 08/15  67/62/65/-6/T/.../..                33 NNE  AERO 32 NNE  RMY N/A 08/16  69/62/66/-5/..../.../..             26 ENE  AERO 28 ENE  RMY 26 08/17  73/59/66/-5/..../.../..             25 NE   AERO 24 NE   RMY N/A 08/18  84/63/74/+3/..../.../..             23 W    AERO 23 W    RMY 24 08/19  81/59/70/0/0.03/.../..              26 W    AERO 28 W    RMY 27 08/20  80/56/68/-2/0.00/.../..             22 W    AERO 21 W    RMY 22 08/21  88/61/75/+5/0.00/.../..             28 SW   AERO 26 SW   RMY 28 08/22  85/66/76/+6/0.26/.../..             18 NNE  AERO 16 S    RMY 16 08/23  89/63/76/+6/2.21/.../..             60 WNW  AERO 53 WNW  RMY 58  TSTM HAIL 08/24  87/67/77/+7/0.00/.../..             18 S    AERO 18 S    RMY 19 08/25  86/65/76/+7/0.01/.../..             35 NNW  AERO 37 NNW  RMY 35 08/26  74/56/65/-4/0.00/.../..             29 NW   AERO 32 NW   RMY N/A 08/27  68/57/63/-6/0.33/.../..             18 SSE  AERO 20 SSE  RMY 20 08/28  80/59/70/+1/0.00/.../..             20 W    AERO 20 W    RMY N/A 08/29 The low since midnight is 65F, the daily normal low is 60F DAILY RECORDS FOR AUGUST 2020 8/23/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 89F,          BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD of 88F SET IN 1918, 1947, 1949, 1996 8/23/20: DAILY RECORD PRECIPITATION OF 2.21 INS,          BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 2.09 INS SET IN 2010 8/23/20: DAILY RECORD PEAK WIND GUST OF 60 MPH,          TIES PREVIOUS RECORD OF 60 MPH SET IN 1940 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR AUGUST 29 HIGH 95F IN 1953 LOW 41F IN 1982 PRECIP 2.88 INCHES IN 1962 PEAK GUST 70e MPH S IN 1949 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 30 HIGH 94F IN 1953 LOW 39F IN 1965 PRECIP 2.75 INCHES IN 1936 PEAK GUST 43 MPH NW IN 1965 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Benjamin Turner