Thursday, June 26, 2014
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
BACK DOOR COLD FRONT PASSES AT 11:50 A.M. EDT
LOW CLOUDS AND TEMPS. IN 60’S FOLLOW FRONT
LIGHT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL EARLY TODAY
After a warm very humid night last night the early
morning low was 70 degrees. Today’s high of 80F
occurred at 11:40 A.M. EDT just before a back door
cold front suddenly passed over the summit with a
wind shift to northeast.
Rain showers early this morning left only 0.27 inch
here while several inches of rain fell in western
Mass. and New Hampshire. Pittsfield MA had 4.00 ins!
My local weather station 10 miles east of Blue Hill
at Hingham had just 0.04 inch while Boston’s Logan
Airport had 0.26 inch but Beverly just to the north
received 1.62 inches.
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Obscurement with heavy fog and light drizzle
Temperature: 70F; Dew Point: 70F; Wind: WNW at 8 kts,
Wind: Gradually veering
Sea-level pressure: 29.82 ins. Hg, rising slightly
Visibility: 1/16 light drizzle and fog, briefly 2 miles
past hour
6-hr max temp: 71F
6-hr min temp: 70F
24-hr precip: 0.27 inch
BHO SA 1155 W3X 1/16L-F 099/70/70/3008/982/ VSBY BRFLY 2 CDNS VRBL
STRA DRFTG OVR SMT WND GRDLY VEERING LBUKN/ 8//// 53003 MANUAL 6027/
ASOS 60027 MANUAL 70027 10071 20070
10 A.M.
Weather: Broken cumulus, moderate cumulus, dark bases,
broken stratocumulus, broken altocumulus lenticularis
Temperature: 77F; Dew Point: 71F; Wind: WNW at 6 kts,
Wind: Light
Sea-level pressure: 29.83 ins. Hg, falling slightly
Visibility: 40 miles, NE 25 miles, WNW 55 miles, light haze
3-hour precip: trace
BHO SA 1455 E20 BKN 60 BKN 100 BKN 40 101/77/71/2906/983/
MDT CU DRK BASES ALQDS ACSL VC VSBY WNW 55 NE 25 DSNT HZ/
8/840 50002 MANUAL 6000/
1 P.M.
Weather: Overcast stratus, bright sky, higher clouds visible
to the N-E
Temperature: 66F; Dew Point: 62F; Wind: ENE at 13 kts,
Wind: Gust to 23 kts past hour
Sea-level pressure: 29.85 Hg, rising then more quickly
Visibility: 15 miles, thin fog, hazy
6-hr max temp: 80F
6-hr. precip: trace
BHO SA 1755 E6 OVC 15 109/66/62/0613/985/ SKY BRGHT SUN DMLY VSB
HIER CLDS VSB N-E THN F HAZY ALQDS WND GUST 23 KTS PST HR/
8/6// 53008 MANUAL 6000/ 10080 20064
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..86 NORMAL…..78
MIN…..62 NORMAL…..60
MEAN….74 NORMAL…..69
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….+5
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………+30 [+1.0 DEGREE/DAY]
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………0 DEPARTURE……….-1
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………..28 DEPARTURE………-42
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..6422 DEPARTURE………+50
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……5781 DIFFERENCE…. ..+641
COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC)
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..9 DEPARTURE……….+4
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….68 DEPARTURE……….-9
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………81 DEPARTURE………-20
TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……122 DIFFERENCE……..-41
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………28 SSW AT 6:33 P.M.
ASOS…………………..31 SSW AT 6:33 P.M.
DAVIS………………….30 SSW AT 4:33 P.M. RMY 31
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..23 SSW AT 4:24 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..24 SW AT 3:13 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….23 SSW AT 4:25 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….16.0 SSW
ASOS………………….16.0
DAVIS…………………14.9 SSW [210 deg]
* last of several occurrences…
PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.27 DEPARTURE……….+0.15
ASOS…………..0.27
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….2.19 DEPARTURE……….-1.55
ASOS…………..2.14
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….24.53 DEPARTURE……….-1.87
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 73/58/66/0/0.05/238/26 * 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 75/54/65/-3/0.00/…/.. 17 N RMY 19
6/23 80/57/69/+1/0.00/…/.. 22 SSW RMY 24
6/24 81/57/69/0/0.00/…/.. 29 S RMY 33
6/25 86/62/74/+5/0.00/…/.. 28 SSW RMY 31
6/26 morning low temp: 70F; the normal low is now 60F
* 6/14 – daily precip. error; was 0.04 is increased to 0.05;
has been incorrect since posted on 6/22 discussion
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 26
HIGH 96F IN 1952
LOW 45F IN 1986
PRECIP 1.52 INS IN 1945
PEAK GUST 48 MPH N IN 1998
RECORDS FOR JUNE 27
HIGH 93F IN 1999, 2007
LOW 46F IN 1897
PRECIP 1.72 INS IN 1938
PEAK GUST 55e N IN 1945
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling
