Saturday, May 31, 2014
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2014
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMECLOUDS EARLY THIS MORNING CLEAR BY EARLY AFTERNOON…
Thunder showers Friday afternoon and evening brought a total
of 0.09 inch of rain fall. The clouds lingered into this morning
with an onshore wind keeping it feeling quite cool with a low
of 49F this morning. More clouds and showers have formed in the
interior today, though sunshine has prevailed this afternoon on
the hill with only a few scattered, distant clouds.
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Scattered stratus fractus, scattered stratocumulus,
broken altocumulus, overcast altocumulus, few altocumulus
lenticularis distant W-NNW, few breaks in overcast overhead,
sun occasionally dimly visible
Temperature: 50F; Dew Point: 48F; Wind: NNE at 8 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.15 ins. Hg, rising
Visibility: 25 miles, hazy
6-hr max temp: 50F
6-hr min temp: 49F
24-hour precipitation: 0.09 inch
BHO SA 1155 10 SCT 20 SCT E70 BKN 85 OVC 25 209/50/48/0308/015/
FEW ACSL DSNT W-NNW FEW BINOVC OVHD SUN OCNLY DMLY VSBL HAZY/
8/67/ 51019 70009 10050 20049
10 A.M.
Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, scattered altocumulus, few lower
stratocumulus, few stratocumulus lenticularis WSW-N, hazy
Temperature: 56F; Dew Point: 46F; Wind: ENE at 12 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.20 ins. Hg, rising
Visibility: 30 miles, hazy
BHO SA 1455 40 SCT 85 SCT 30 227/56/46/0612/020/ FEW LWR SC
FEW SCSL WSW-N HAZY/ 8/570 52018
1 P.M.
Weather: Scattered cumulus, scattered cirrus, few moderate
cumulus distant W-WNW, hazy
Temperature: 59F; Dew Point: 40F; Wind: ENE at 13G17 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.23 ins. Hg, rising
Visibility: 40 miles, hazy
6-hr max temp: 60F
6-hr min temp: 50F
BHO SA 1755 40 SCT 220 SCT 40 238/59/40/0713G17/023/ FEW MDT CU
DSNT W-WNW HAZY/ 8/101 51011 10060 20050
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2014
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..71 NORMAL…..70
MIN…..45 NORMAL…..52
MEAN….58 NORMAL…..61
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL……………………..-3
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………….+40 [+1.1 DEGREES/DAY]
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………7 DEPARTURE……… +2
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….213 DEPARTURE………-50
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..6384 DEPARTURE………+86
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……5734 DIFFERENCE…….+650
COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC)
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..0 DEPARTURE……….-1
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….13 DEPARTURE……….-8
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………13 DEPARTURE………-10
TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….16 DIFFERENCE………-3
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………20 S AT 3:13 P.M.
ASOS…………………..21 SSW AT 3:14 P.M.
DAVIS………………….20 S AT 3:14 P.M. RMY 22
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..16 SSW AT 3:28 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..16 SSW AT 7:22 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….15 SSW AT 7:22 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………..7.7 SW
ASOS…………………..6.9
DAVIS………………….6.4 SSW [210 deg]
* Last of several occurrences…
PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.09 DEPARTURE………….-0.07
ASOS…………..0.07
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….3.22 DEPARTURE………….-0.74
ASOS…………..3.21
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….22.34 DEPARTURE………….-0.17
ASOS………….22.71
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2014 CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED:
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/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
5/1 64/43/54/+1/0.49/0.0/093/11 32 SSE RMY 36
5/2 68/51/60/+7/T/0.0/457/54 28 W RMY 29
5/3 66/48/57/+4/0.00/0.0/332/39 21 SW RMY N/A
5/4 60/47/54/0/0.01/0.0/400/47 51 WNW RMY 54
5/5 64/46/55/+1/T/0.0/592/70 30 NW RMY 32
5/6 63/42/53/-1/T/0.0/506/59 30 NW RMY 30
5/7 64/42/55/0/0.00/0.0/850/99 21 WNW RMY 23
5/8 69/48/59/+4/0.00/0.0/612/71 17 SSW RMY 19
5/9 57/51/54/-1/0.05/0.0/000/00 21 S RMY N/A
5/10 78/57/68/+13/0.10/0.0/043/05 33 S RMY 37
5/11 79/58/69/+13/0.01/0.0/746/86 30 W RMY N/A
5/12 85/49/67/+11/0.00/0.0/792/91 39 NE RMY 42
5/13 54/42/48/-8/0.00/0.0/113/13 32 NE RMY N/A
5/14 73/42/58/+1/T/ 0.0/613/70 22 S RMY 24
5/15 77/57/67/+10/T/0.0/140/16 27 S RMY 33
5/16 73/60/67/+10/0.26/0.0/026/03 36 S RMY 41
5/17 74/52/63/+6/1.04/0.0/555/63 36 SSE RMY N/A
5/18 67/47/57/-1/0.00/0.0/521/59 20 NW RMY N/A
5/19 65/48/56/-2/0.12/0.0/443/50 35 NNW RMY 38
5/20 71/48/60/+2/T/0.0/771/89 25 NNW RMY 26
5/21 71/51/61/+2/0.00/0.0/844/95 18 ESE RMY 20
5/22 67/51/59/0/0.26/0.0/116/13 15 SSE RMY 18
5/23 60/49/55/-4/0.05/0.0/000/00 16 NE RMY 18
5/24 65/49/57/-2/0.02/0.0/277/31 17 ENE RMY 18
5/25 71/49/60/0/0.00/0.0/430/48 20 S RMY N/A
5/26 76/52/64/+4/0.05/0.0/108/12 30 W RMY 34
5/27 74/47/61/+1/0.37/0.0/242/27 25 NE RMY 31
5/28 48/40/44/-17/0.30/0.0/000/00 32 NE RMY 35
5/29 61/39/50/-11/0.00/0.0/847/94 17 NNE RMY 18
5/30 71/45/58/-3/0.09/0.0/…/.. 20 S RMY 22
5/31 morning low temp: 49F; the normal low is now 52F
DAILY RECORDS FOR MAY 2014
None so far.
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
RECORDS FOR MAY 31
HIGH 92F IN 1944,1987
LOW 35F IN 1961
PRECIP 5.02 INS 1984 (RECORD FOR MAY)
PEAK GUST 54e MPH WNW IN 1945
RECORDS FOR JUNE 1
HIGH 90F IN 1937,2013
LOW 36F IN 1945 [Record for month]
PRECIP 2.28 INS IN 1992
PEAK GUST 51e MPH SE IN 1952
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Mike Iacono
