Sunday, June 22, 2014
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
ANOTHER NICE SUMMER DAY WITH HIGH VISIBILITY
It was another cool start this morning at the summit, with our morning low
of 54F being five degrees below average. Despite this, it has been another
excellent summer day, albeit still a bit on the cool side of average, with
the temperature rising to a high of 74F so far today with comfortable dry
air in place again. There were numerous high level clouds this morning, but
they have mostly moved away, and been replaced with cumulus and altocumulus
clouds that have developed during the day. The visibility was a spectacular
85 miles early this morning, close to the highest value that we can observe
here of 90 miles. It had dropped a little this afternoon but was still at
75 miles. The wind began the day very light from the NE, turned NW in the
late morning as it picked up a little, but then turned back to the NE by
early afternoon. This sea breeze is helping to keep our temperature cooler
than normal today, as is the considerable amount of cloud cover this
afternoon. The blueberry plants on the summit began showing some color last
weekend, and the first ripe blueberry was picked on June 19th, which was
just two days earlier than the mean date.
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Broken cirrus, few small cumulus distant SSW, altocumulus distant
S-SW, few lower cirrus
Temperature: 65F; Dew Point: 45F; Wind: NE at 4 kts,
Wind: Light
Sea-level pressure: 29.98 ins. Hg, rising then rising more slowly
Visibility: 85 miles
6-hr max temp: 65F
6-hr min temp: 54F
BHO SA 1155 E250 BKN 85 154/65/45/E0404/998/ FEW SML CU DSNT SSW
AC DSNT S-SW FEW LWR CI WND LGT/ 8/131 51007 10065 20054
10 A.M.
Weather: Scattered cumulus, few cirrus distant E-SW and NW
Temperature: 70F; Dew Point: 48F; Wind: NNW at 5 kts,
Wind: Light and variable
Sea-level pressure: 29.99 ins. Hg, rising then falling
Visibility: 75 miles
BHO SA 1455 55 SCT 75 156/70/48/E3305/999/ FEW CI DSNT E-SW AND NW
WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/101 50002
1 P.M.
Weather: Broken cumulus, broken altocumulus cumulogenitus, clear sky
distant offshore NNE-E
Temperature: 70F; Dew Point: 50F; Wind: ENE at 2 kts,
Wind: Light
Sea-level pressure: 29.99 ins. Hg, about steady
Visibility: 75 miles
6-hr max temp: 74F
6-hr min temp: 65F
BHO SA 1755 75 157/70/50/E0702/999/ CLR SKY DSNT OFFSHR NNE-E WND LGT/
8/160 55001 10074 20065
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2014
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..75 NORMAL…..77
MIN…..52 NORMAL…..59
MEAN….64 NORMAL…..68
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….-4
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………+27 [+1.1 DEGREES/DAY]
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………1 DEPARTURE………..0
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………..28 DEPARTURE………-37
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..6422 DEPARTURE………+54
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……5781 DIFFERENCE…. ..+641
COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC)
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..0 DEPARTURE……….-4
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….51 DEPARTURE……….-8
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………64 DEPARTURE………-19
TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….76 DIFFERENCE……..-12
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………17 NNW AT 6:10 P.M. *
ASOS…………………..19 NW AT 9:42 A.M.
DAVIS………………….19 NW AT 9:41 A.M. RMY 19
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..13 NW AT 9:46 A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..15 NW AT 9:46 A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….13 NW AT 9:45 A.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………..7.0 NW
ASOS…………………..7.2
DAVIS………………….6.2 NW [318 deg]
* last of several occurrences…
PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00 DEPARTURE……….-0.13
ASOS…………..0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….1.92 DEPARTURE……….-1.35
ASOS…………..1.87
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….24.26 DEPARTURE……….-1.67
ASOS………….24.39
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 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
6/1 72/47/60/-2/0.00/887/98 21 NNW RMY 21
6/2 81/52/67/+5//0.00/879/97 22 SSW RMY 23
6/3 81/57/69/+7/0.00/889/98 25 SSE RMY 28
6/4 64/52/58/-5/0.11/000/00 16 SE RMY N/A
6/5 60/55/58/-5/0.91/000/00 21 NNW RMY 24
6/6 73/54/64/+1/0.00/655/72 22 WNW RMY 23
6/7 82/56/69/+5/0.00/893/98 21 W RMY 22
6/8 84/63/74/+10/0.00/702/77 18 SW RMY N/A
6/9 77/61/69/+5/0.13/046/05 21 WSW RMY 22
6/10 80/56/68/+3/0.10/183/20 29 ENE RMY 33
6/11 69/55/62/-3/T/439/48 21 ENE RMY 20
6/12 70/56/63/-2/0.00/101/11 21 ESE RMY N/A
6/13 67/58/63/-2/0.34/000/00 25 E RMY N/A
6/14 73/58/66/0/0.04/238/26 23 WNW RMY 24
6/15 78/53/66/0/0.00/824/90 25 NNW RMY 27
6/16 79/56/68/+2/0.00/834/91 23 S RMY N/A
6/17 81/58/70/+3/0.28/743/81 25 S RMY 24 TSTM
6/18 83/65/74/+7/T/706/77 35 W RMY 38
6/19 81/61/71/+4/0.00/559/61 24 NW RMY 25
6/20 75/55/65/-3/0.00/…/.. 24 NW RMY 27
6/21 75/52/64/-4/0.00/…/.. 17 NNW RMY 19
6/22 morning low temp: 54F; the normal low is now 59F
DAILY RECORDS FOR JUNE 2014
None so far.
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
RECORDS FOR JUNE 22
HIGH 93F IN 1921, 2012
LOW 43F IN 1940
PRECIP 1.57 INS IN 1900
PEAK GUST 74 MPH NW IN 1988
RECORDS FOR JUNE 23
HIGH 93F IN 1888
LOW 45F IN 1885
PRECIP 0.70 INS IN 2006
PEAK GUST 63 MPH SE IN 1972 (AGNES)
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Jonathan O’Brien
