BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005 Discussion at 2 p.m. today... This morning's rainfall measured all in one hour from 11 a.m. to noon with 0.10 inch in standard gage. The temperature went up to 69 degrees early this morning but fell back to 60 degrees during the light rain event. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS 8 a.m. broken clouds with 15 miles visibility and 68 deg; dewpoint 59; wind nw at 14 mph; six hourly min. temp. 60 deg. BHO SA 1155 70 SCT E100 BKN 150 BKN 15 100/68/59/3112/983/ SC NW-NE FEW ACC ALQDS RWU DSNT NNW VSBY NW-N 12 HAZY ALQDS/ 8/580 53013 10068 20060 11 a.m. low overcast with 15 miles visibility in light rain; but 9 miles visibility w-n and lowering, visibility se-ssw at 30 miles; temp. 62; dewpoint 60; wind north at 08 mph; rainfall past 3 hours trace.... BHO SA 1455 E7 OVC 15R- 121/62/60/3507/989/ CIG RGD VSBY W-N 9 AND LWRG SE-SSW 30 PCPN VRY LGT/ 8/7// 51020 6000/ 2 p.m. overcast with breaks and visibility 12 miles temp. 65 dewpoint: 60 wind: ENE AT 07 mph.. Maximum temp. past 6 hours 69 deg; rainfall 0.10 inch. BHO SA 1755 4 SCT 80 SCT E130 OVC 12 126/65/61/0605/990/ LONE MDT CU N OVR CTY BINOVC HAZY/ 8/271 50004 ASOS 60010 MANUAL 6010/ 10069 20060 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 21: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....83 NORMAL.....77 HAZEN.... 83.0F @ 4:14 P.M. MIN.....53 NORMAL.....57 HAZEN.....53.0F @ 5:13 A.M. MEAN....68 NORMAL.....67 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+40 (+1.7 DEGREES/DAY) HEATING DEGREE DAY UNITS... TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY....... 0 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.......64 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON....6410 DEP....+49 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR LAST SEASON...6290 DIF....+120 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........27 SW AT 5:39 P.M. AEROVANE.........29 SSW AT 2:59 P.M. ASOS.............25 SSW AT 2:59 P.M. DAVIS............29 SSW AT 2:59 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........20 SSW AT 1:13 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......20 SSW AT 10:05 P.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE......20 SSW AT 3:15 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..12.4 SSW ASOS...........12.5 SSW [210 deg] DAVIS..........12.6 SSW [210 deg] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.13 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.74 DEPARTURE....-2.02 ASOS..............0.73 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........30.48 DEPARTURE....+6.13 ASOS.............29.35 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 2005......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available 6/1 64/46/55/-7/0/570/63 22 MPH S 6/2 75/48/62/0/0/689/76 22 MPH S 6/3 77/49/63/+1/0/508/56 29 MPH S 6/4 83/58/71/+8/0/781/86 15 MPH SW 6/5 88/55/72/+9/0/782/86 27 MPH N 6/6 76/52/64/+1/0/382/42 30 MPH SSE 6/7 87/61/74/+10/0/802/88 33 MPH SSW 6/8 89/65/77/+13/0.34/784/86 30 MPH N TSTM 6/9 79/65/72/+8/0.18/593/65 28 MPH WSW TSTM 6/10 81/66/74/+10/0/174/19 36 MPH SSW Aero 38 MPH SSW 6/11 88/66/77/+12/0/475/52 26 MPH SSW 6/12 87/67/77/+12/0.01/265/29 25 MPH SW TSTM 6/13 89/71*/80/+15/T/201/22 21 MPH SSW 6/14 81/51/66/+1/0.01/201/22 27 MPH NNE TSTM 6/15 51*/47/49/-17/0.02/000/00 27 MPH N 6/16 62/47/55/-11/0.18/009/01 23 MPH NNE 6/17 73/50/62/-4/T/403/44 24 MPH N 6/18 66/50/58/-8/T/321/35 21 MPH NE 6/19 61/50/56/-11/0/303/33 22 MPH NNE 6/20 77/50/64/-3/0/908/99 26 MPH S 6/21 83/53/68/+1/0/.../.. 27 MPH SSW 6/22 morning low temp. 60; normal low now 58 rainfall thru 2 p.m. 0.10 inch... DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): NEW RECORD{S} FOR JUNE SO FAR.... * a new record high min. temp. for 6/13 of 71 deg; the previous record was 70 in 1892. * a new record low max. temp. for 6/15 of 51 deg; the previous record was 52 in 1959 and 2000. RECORDS FOR JUNE 22 HIGH 93F IN 1921 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 0.68 INS IN 1941 PEAK GUST 63 MPH SE IN 1972 (AGNES) RECORDS FOR JUNE 24 HIGH 91F IN 1914,1976 LOW 40F IN 1932 PRECIP 2.80 INS IN 1929 PEAK GUST 46 MPH S IN 1985 RECORDS FOR JUNE 25 HIGH 93F IN 1943,1980 LOW 47F IN 1903 PRECIP 0.94 INS IN 1892 PEAK GUST 51 MPH W IN 1960 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling