BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME YET ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID NIGHT LAST NIGHT; A LOW OF 70F THIS MORNING AND TODAY MAKES 12 DAYS OF 70-DEGREE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IF 70 DEGREES HOLDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT; ALL BUT THREE DAYS HAVE ABOVE NORMAL MEANS; FIRST BENEFICAL RAINFALL OF THE MONTH YESTERDAY The low temperature did not drop below 70 degrees again last night. We will have 12 days with 70-degree minima this month if we don't fall below 70 by midnight. July continues to be a very warm month with only 3 days thus far having below normal average temperatures. Yesterday's showers and thunderstorms brought 0.82 inch of rainfall, the most in any one day since 1.27 inches way back on June 17th. Tuesday's 0.82 inch became the first measurable rainfall since 0.08 inch fell on July 13. BHO Greatest Number of 90-Degree Days per Month, (1885-2013) 1) 14 in July 1952 2) 13 in August 2002 3) 10 in August 1944 10 in July 1949 10 in July 1963 10 in July 2010 10 in July 2013 (through 7/24) 8) 9 in July 1911 9 in August 1928 10) 8 in August 1949 8 in July 1963 8 in July 1988 Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered dense cirrus, thin broken cirrus, few stratus fractus dissipating, altocumulus and few altocumulus castellanus NNE-S, few altocumulus castellanus distant WNW-NW, patches dense cirrus all quadrants Temperature: 73F; Dew Point: 70F; Wind: W at 3 kts, (estimated) Sea-level pressure: 29.65 ins. Hg, rising then more rapidly Visibility: 15 miles, except 25 miles WNW, thin fog all quadrants 24-hr precip: 0.72 inch 6-hr min. temp: 70F BHO SA 1155 220 SCT 250 –BKN 15 039/73/70/E2803/965/ FEW STFRA ALQDS DSSPTNG AC/FEW ACSL NNE-S DSSPTNG FEW ACC DSNT WNW-NW PTCHS DNS CI THN F ALQDS VSBY WNW 25 WND LGT/ 8/682 53012 MANUAL 70072 ASOS 70073 10073 20070 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered cumulus and moderate cumulus, scattered dense cirrus, scattered cirrus Temperature: 79F; Dew Point: 69F; Wind: W at 5 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.69 ins. Hg, rising then more slowly Visibility: 20 miles, W-NW 25 miles, hazy BHO SA 1455 20 SCT 220 SCT 250 SCT 20 055/79/69/2805/969/ CU/FEW MDT CU FRMG FEW PTCHS DNS CI VSBY W-NW 25 HAZY ALQDS/ 8/202 51016 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered moderate cumulus, scattered towering cumulus (NE-E), scattered altocumulus lenticularis NE-SE, dense cirrostratus overhead thru NE-SE-SW, thin cirrus W-N, thin spot in overcast overhead and thin spots/break in overcast W-N and distant SE-SSE Temperature: 81F; Dew Point: 69F; Wind: WNW at 9 kts, Wind: Direction variable W-NNW Sea-level pressure: 29.71 ins. Hg, rising then more slowly Visibility: 30 miles, WNW 40 miles, NE-SE 25 miles, distant haze 6-hr max. temp: 83F BHO SA 1755 34 SCT 80 SCT E220 BKN 250 OVC 30 062/81/69/2909/971/ FEW TCU NE-E MDT CU ALQDS FEW DRK BASES ACSL NE-SE DNS CS OVHD-NE-SE-SW XCPT THN CI W-N AND OVHD BINOVC W-N AND DSNT SE-SSE VSBY WNW 40 NE-SE 25 DSNT HZ ALQDS WND 27V34/ 8/248 51007 10083 20073 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....82 NORMAL.....81 MIN.....68 NORMAL.....63 MEAN....75 NORMAL.....72 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......................+3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH....................+131 [+5.5 DEGREES/DAY] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY................35 WSW AT 12:28 P.M. AERO.....................36 WSW AT 12:28 P.M. ASOS.....................37 WSW AT 12:29 P.M. DAVIS....................35 WSW AT 12:28 P.M. RMY 39 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..................23 WSW AT 12:29 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...............22 WSW AT 12:30 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..............22 WSW AT 12:30 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...........8.0 W ASOS....................7.4 DAVIS...................7.4 S [190 deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.72 DEPARTURE............+0.58 ASOS..............0.73 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.83 DEPARTURE............-1.03 ASOS..............1.83 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........34.03 DEPARTURE............+4.20 ASOS..............N/A* *ASOS malfunctioned during storm on 2/8-9, leading to erroneous totals PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2013 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane wind recording system gust RMY: RMY = R.M. Young wind gust recording system added 8/9/2011 TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ....: Data not yet available, records not finalized 7/1 82/69/76/+6/0.05/247/27 29 S AERO 31 MPH SSW RMY 32 7/2 82/61/72/+2/T/100/11 23 SSW AERO 23 MPH SSW RMY 25 7/3 87/62/75/+4/T/556/61 28 SW AERO 30 MPH SW RMY 30 7/4 90/71/81/+10/0.00/811/89 25 WSW AERO 26 MPH SW RMY 28 7/5 92/73/83/+12/0.00/874/96 24 W AERO 25 MPH WSW RMY 25 7/6 90/73/82/+11/0.00/836/92 25 WNW AERO 25 MPH WNW RMY 26 7/7 91/72/82/+11/0.21/508/56 38 SSW AERO 43 MPH SSW RMY 44 TSTM 7/8 82/64/73/+1/0.04/617/68 18 NE AERO 20 MPH NE RMY 20 TSTM 7/9 72/63/68/-4/0.01/054/06 14 ENE AERO 14 MPH ENE RMY 14 7/10 84/65/75/+3/T/335/37 32 S AERO 36 MPH S RMY 35 7/11 79/69/74/+2/0.62/009/01 23 W AERO 23 MPH W RMY N/A TSTM 7/12 70/62/66/-6/0.00/162/18 29 NE AERO 29 MPH NE RMY 30 7/13 75/62/69/-3/0.08/009/01 21 ENE AERO 20 MPH ENE RMY N/A 7/14 89/71/80/+8/0.00/477/53 16 W AERO 16 MPH W RMY 16 7/15 91/72/82/+10/0.00/665/74 17 NW AERO 16 MPH NW RMY 18 7/16 91/71/81/+9/0.00/843/94 18 NNW AERO 16 MPH NNW RMY 16 7/17 93/74/84/+12/0.00/841/94 22 SW AERO 23 MPH SW RMY 25 7/18 90/75/83/+11/0.00/724/81 20 S AERO 21 MPH S RMY 22 7/19 95/76/86/+14/0.00/723/81 36 WSW AERO 38 MPH WSW RMY 38 7/20 93/72/82/+10/0.00/570/64 29 W AERO 30 MPH W RMY 31 TSTM 7/21 82/68/75/+3/0.00/.../.. 16 NE AERO 16 MPH NE RMY 17 7/22 80/67/74/+2/T/.../.. 17 NE AERO 17 MPH NE RMY 19 TSTM 7/23 82/68/75/+3/0.82/.../.. 35 WSW AERO 36 MPH WSW RMY 39 TSTM 7/24 morning low temp: 70F; the normal low is now 63F DAILY RECORDS FOR JULY 2013 7/14 - TIED DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71F; ties previous record of 71F set in 1997 7/15 - NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72F; surpasses previous record of 70F set in 1901, 1934, 1995 7/16 - TIED DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71F; ties previous record of 71F set in 1901, 1958, 1968 7/17 - TIED DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74F; ties previous record of 74F set in 1900 7/18 - NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75F; surpasses previous record of 73F set in 1900, 1999 7/19 - NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 76F; surpasses previous record of 72F set in 1949, 1991, 2005 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR JULY 24 HIGH 96F IN 1987 LOW 49F IN 1893,1912 PRECIP 2.27 INCHES IN 2008 PEAK GUST 46 MPH NE IN 2009 RECORDS FOR JULY 25 HIGH 94F IN 1963,1987 LOW 51F IN 1901,1953 PRECIP 2.25 INCHES IN 1990 PEAK GUST 88 MPH NW IN 1972 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling/Marc Douglas/Mark Medlinskas