BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008    ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME UNLESS NOTED   Today's observations:   8 A.M. EDT Weather: Overcast with fog Temperature: 65F, Dew point: 64F,  Wind: S at 13G16 kt Sea-level pressure: 30.04 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 1 mile in fog 6-hourly minimum temperature: 62F    BHO SA 1155 5 OVC 1F 173/65/64/1713G16/004/ 8/6// 51010 10065 20062   11 A.M. EDT Weather: Scattered cumulus, thin overcast cirrus Temperature: 76F, Dew point: 65F,  Wind: SSE at 15G21 kt Sea-level pressure: 30.03 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 5 miles, hazy BHO SA 1455 20 SCT 200 BKN 250 –OVC 5H 170/76/65/1615G21/003/ FEW BINOVC ALQDS/ 8/104 56003   2 P.M. EDT Weather: Overcast with breaks; Rain shower Temperature: 73F, Dew point: 66F,  Wind: S at 20G27 kt Sea-level pressure: 30.00 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 12 miles 6-hourly maximum temperature: 80F 6-hourly precipitation: Trace BHO SA 1755 40 SCT 150 SCT 200 OVC 12RW- 160/73/66/1720G27/000/ TCU SE AND W FEW BINOVC ALQDS PK WND 1730/26 RB47/ 8/963 56010 6000/ 10080 20065   WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 21   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....81    NORMAL.....77 MIN.....59    NORMAL.....57 MEAN....70    NORMAL.....67   DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.............+3  TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH............+77 [+3.5 DEGREES/DAY]   HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY.............0  DEPARTURE........-2 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH............41  DEPARTURE.......-23 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........5942  DEPARTURE......-419 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE....5902  DIFFERENCE......+40   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............25 SSE AT 6:47 P.M.                         AEROVANE.............25 SSE AT 6:44 P.M.                      ASOS.................24 SSW AT 6:47 P.M.                          DAVIS................25 SE  AT 5:34 P.M.    FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............19 SSE AT 6:46 P.M.     MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........20 S   AT 5:41 P.M.     MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........18 W   AT 1:40 P.M.                        AVERAGE.............9.8 W                    ASOS................9.3                       DAVIS...............9.9 SW [216 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..........2.10   DEPARTURE......-0.66                           ASOS..............2.14   TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........24.76   DEPARTURE......+0.26                           ASOS.............27.18 # # Includes erroneous ASOS precipitation data on 2/13/08.   PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 2008 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ....: Data not yet available, records not finalized   6/1  79/58/69/+7/0/833/92        32 W  6/2  76/53/65/+3/0/834/92        28 WNW 6/3  84/58/71/+9/0/707/78        28 S 6/4  66/54/60/-3/0.53/000/00     25 SSW   Aero 23 MPH SSW 6/5  55/51/53/-10/0.11/000/00    31 N     Aero 28 MPH N 6/6  59/51/55/-8/0.13/000/00     21 SSE 6/7  91/55/73/+9/0.07/575/63     45 SW    Aero 46 MPH SW TSTM  6/8  91/72/82/+18/0/703/77       31 WSW 6/9  94/71/83/+19/0/794/87       29 W 6/10 98/72/85/+21/0/876/97       58 W     Aero 58 MPH W 6/11 85/68/77/+12/0/804/88       28 W     Aero 26 MPH W 6/12 78/60/69/+4/0/888/97        28 NW    Aero 26 MPH NW 6/13 82/55/69/+4/0/888/97        21 NW 6/14 78/62/70/+5/0.08/687/75     21 NW    TSTM 6/15 63/54/59/-7/0.42/000/00     20 E     6/16 63/56/60/-6/0.55/000/00     25 SSE   TSTM  6/17 77/57/67/+1/0/587/64        25 S     TSTM 6/18 71/52/62/-4/0.01/.../..     27 S 6/19 75/56/66/-1/0/.../..        23 S     Aero 20 MPH S 6/20 78/57/68/+1/0.20/.../..     27 W     TSTM 6/21 81/59/70/+3/0.00/.../..     25 SSE   NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR JUNE TO DATE..   6/8 -  MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72F EQUALED        RECORD HIGH MINIMUM SET IN 1999.  6/9 -  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 94F IS NEW RECORD FOR        THE DATE, PREVIOUS RECORD 92F IN 1984 6/10 - MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 98F IS NEW RECORD FOR        THE DATE, PREVIOUS RECORD 92F IN 1967,1974,1984        MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72F IS NEW RECORD HIGH        MINIMUM FOR DATE, PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 71F IN 1984 6/11 - MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 68F EQUALED        RECORD HIGH MINIMUM SET IN 1973, 1984.         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 LOW 43F IN 1940 PRECIP 1.57 INCHES 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: Andrew Hoell