BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018  ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH LOW WIND AND CLOSE TO NORMAL  TEMPERATURES...  So far today temperatures have been closer to seasonable with a max of 74F by 1:00 P.M. The this is 1 degree daily normal high minimum for today of 73F. Overnight temperatures continue the trend of being above average  with daytime temperatures below average. Since midnight  the low is 61F, this is 4 degrees above the daily normal  of 57F. The wind was light and shifted today from the  East to the South. Skies remained mostly cloudy today with light intermittent showers, we measured 1.37 inches  at the 7:00 A.M. observation and measured and  additional trace by 1:00 P.M. Visibility has been obscured by dense fog and varied between 1/16-3/4 mile  in the morning and increased to 30 miles by 1:00 P.M.  The month of September so far is running above normal for both the temperature, and after yesterday's rainfall,  for precipitation.   Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather:  Drizzle and fog, overcast nimbostratus   Temperature: 63F; Dew Point: 63F; Wind: WNW at 4 kts, Wind: Light  Sea-level pressure: 30.15 ins. Hg, rising, then more rapidly       Visibility: 3/4 mile, fog  6-hr Max temp: 65F 6-hr Min temp: 62F 24-hr Precip: 1.37 ins.   BHO SA 1155 E4 OVC 3/4LF 210/63/63/2804/015/ WND LGT/  8/02/ 53014 MANUAL 70137 ASOS 70140 10065 20062 10 A.M. Weather: Very light drizzle and fog, overcast nimbostratus   Temperature: 66F; Dew Point: 66F; Wind: NW at 4 kts, Wind: Light Sea-level pressure: 30.16 ins. Hg, falling then rising  Visibility: 1/16 mile, fog  3-hr Precip: TRACE  BHO SA 1455 W3 X 1/16L-F 213/66/66/3204/016/ PCPN VRY  LGT WND LGT 8/02/ 51003 MANUAL 600//  1 P.M. Weather: Scattered stratus fractus, broken stratocumulus,  overcast altostratus Temperature: 74F; Dew Point: 70F; Wind: SW at 2 kts, Wind: Light and direction estimated Sea-level pressure: 30.15 ins. Hg, falling then rising     Visibility: 30 miles, distant fog in all directions  6-hr Max temp: 74F 6-hr Min temp: 62F 6-hr Precip: TRACE BHO SA 1755 7 SCT E15 BKN E80 OVC 30 213/74/70/E2202/015/  BINOVC NE-E DSNT FG ALQDS WND LGT/ 8/53/ 55000 MANUAL 600//  10074 20062    SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018  TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....62   NORMAL.....74 MIN.....56   NORMAL.....57 MEAN....59   NORMAL.....65 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.......................-6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......................+34 [+3.2 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............0  DEPARTURE..........-3 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............69  DEPARTURE.........+37 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............822  DEPARTURE........+253 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......621  DEPARTURE........+201 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............6   DEPARTURE..........+4 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............18   DEPARTURE..........-3 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.............18   DEPARTURE.........-24 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE........42   DEPARTURE.........+56 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)  PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.....................30 E AT 12:27 P.M.                    AERO..........................28 E AT 11:54 A.M.                    ASOS..........................29 E AT 11:55 A.M.                    DAVIS.........................30 E AT 11:54 A.M.  RMY 28 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.......................22 E AT 12:25 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE....................22 E AT  7:33 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE...................23 E AT 12:27 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION................15.2 E                    ASOS.........................15.2                     DAVIS........................15.3 E [DEG 80]    PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....1.37  DEPARTURE......+1.24                          ASOS..............1.40 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.94  DEPARTURE......+0.72                          ASOS..............1.93  TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........39.89  DEPARTURE......+3.83                          ASOS.............41.45 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 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 9/01 75/58/67/-1/0.00/.../..        17 NE  AERO 15 NE  RMY 16        9/02 83/61/72/+4/0.00/.../..        20 SSW AERO 18 SSW RMY N/A  9/03 92/68/80/+13/0.00/.../..       24 WSW AERO 22 WSW RMY 25 9/04 88/70/79/+12/0.00/.../..       17 W   AERO 16 W   RMY 17  9/05 89/67/78/+11/0.00/.../..       23 SSW AERO 23 SSW RMY 25  9/06 92/70/81/+14/..../.../..       29 NNW AERO 29 NNW RMY N/A 9/07 70/63/67/+1/..../.../..        24 NE  AERO 22 NE  RMY N/A  9/08 68/54/61/-5/0.00/.../..        22 NE  AERO 18 NE  RMY 21 9/09 61/53/57/-9/0.00/.../..        23 NE  AERO 21 NE  RMY N/A 9/10 62/56/59/-6/..../.../..        30 E   AERO 28 E   RMY 28 9/11 Low temp since midnight is 61F; normal low is now 57F DAILY RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 09/04/18: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 70F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68F SET IN 1937 AND   1959 09/06/18: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 92F,           TIES PREVIOUS RECORD OF 92F SET IN 1900  DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 11 HIGH 93F IN 1983, 2013 LOW 37F IN 1917 PRECIP 5.23 INCHES IN 1954 (HURRICANE EDNA) PEAK GUST 101 MPH NW IN 1954 (HURRICANE EDNA) RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 12 HIGH 92F IN 1961 LOW 42F IN 1958,1967,1985 PRECIP 2.79 INCHES IN 1960 (HURRICANE DONNA) PEAK GUST 140 MPH SSE IN 1960 (HURRICANE DONNA) TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Kaitlin Geagan, Nate Iannuccillo