BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING BECOMING OVERCAST WITH LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.... Today we observed skies becoming gradually cloudier, with winds increasing as the day went on. Wind gusts exceeded 10 mph after noontime, with some light rain falling around 2:30 P.M. Visibility was limited by a distant haze, but reached 60 miles at the 10 P.M. observation. Despite the cloudy conditions, the southerly breeze brought the temperature up to 75F, a degree below the daily normal of 76F. The low since midnight is 57F, 2 degrees below the daily normal minimum of 59F. We end off the month of August 2019 with slightly warmer than normal temperatures, and a low monthly rain total. Rainfall received last month was only 1.83 inches, 2.21 inches lower than the monthly average of 4.03 inches. Happy Labor Day!!!! Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, broken cirrocumulus Temperature: 60F; Dew Point: 58F; Wind: S at 9 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.18 ins. Hg, falling steadily Visibility: 50 miles 6-hr Max temp: 60F 6-hr Min temp: 57F 24-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1155 120 SCT E250 BKN 50 219/60/58/1709/018/ FEW CU ALQDS/ 8/179 56007 10060 20057 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, broken cirrus Temperature: 68F; Dew Point: 57F; Wind: SSW at 7 kts   Sea-level pressure: 30.13 ins. Hg, falling Visibility: 60 miles 3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1455 150 SCT E250 BKN 60 202/68/57/2007/013/ FEW CU ALQDS/ 8/472 57017 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, overcast cirrostratus Temperature: 73F; Dew Point: 58F; Wind: S at 10G20 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.04 ins. Hg, falling then more quickly Visibility: 35 miles, distant haze 6-hr Max temp: 75F 6-hr Min temp: 60F 6-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1755 140 SCT E250 OVC 35 173/73/58/1810G20/004/ FEW CU DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/878 58029 10075 20060 SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....73   NORMAL.....76 MIN.....56   NORMAL.....59 MEAN....65   NORMAL.....68 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......................-3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......................-3 [-3.2 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............0   DEPARTURE.........-4 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...............0   DEPARTURE.........-4 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............619   DEPARTURE........+78 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......755   DEPARTURE.......-136 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY....................21 ENE AT 11:13 A.M.                    AERO.........................14 ENE AT 11:15 A.M.                    ASOS.........................19 ENE AT 11:09 A.M.                    DAVIS........................19 E   AT 11:08 A.M. RMY 18 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......................14 SE  AT  9:04 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...................14 ENE AT 10:31 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..................14 ENE AT 10:31 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...............8.8 ENE                    ASOS........................9.4                    DAVIS.......................9.4 ENE [78 deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE......-0.11                          ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.00  DEPARTURE......-0.11                          ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........37.15  DEPARTURE......+2.01                          ASOS.............37.04 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 8/01  84/66/75/+3/0.00/755/87               18 NNW AERO 20 NW  RMY 17 8/02  83/61/72/0/0.00/804/93                18 WSW AERO 18 WSW RMY 18 8/03  84/66/75/+3/0.00/302/35               25 SW  AERO 26 SW  RMY 25 8/04  83/66/75/+3/0.00/732/85               21 NE  AERO 23 SW  RMY 25 8/05  81/58/70/-2/0.00/842/98               20 S   AERO 18 S   RMY 19 8/06  79/63/71/-1/0.00/282/33               15 S   AERO 14 S   RMY 17 8/07  82/66/74/+2/..../367/43               32 SSW AERO 35 SSW RMY 35 8/08  84/67/76/+4/..../588/69               30 SW  AERO 24 WNW RMY 29 8/09  82/63/73/+1/..../815/96               28 NW  AERO 25 NW  RMY 26 8/10  78/59/69/-2/..../720/85               32 NW  AERO 28 NW  RMY 28 8/11  78/55/67/-4/0.00/734/87               28 W   AERO 25 W   RMY 28 8/12  82/60/71/0/0.00/749/89                25 W   AERO 23 W   RMY 26 8/13  77/66/72/+1/0.02/059/07               25 W   AERO 24 WSW RMY 24 8/14  75/62/69/-2/..../452/54               24 ENE AERO 22 ENE RMY 22 8/15  77/59/68/-3/..../568/68               17 ESE AERO 15 SSE RMY 16 8/16  78/61/70/-1/..../732/88               20 E   AERO 17 ESE RMY 18 8/17  78/67/73/+2/..../099/12               14 SE  AERO 15 SE  RMY 15 8/18  88/70/79/+8/..../529/64               18 SSW AERO 18 SSW RMY 21 8/19  92/69/81/+11/..../.../..              25 WSW AERO 23 WSW RMY 25 8/20  87/66/77/+7/..../.../..               18 W   AERO 14 WSW RMY N/A 8/21  85/68/77/+7/0.12/.../..               33 SW  AERO 32 SW  RMY 33 8/22  88/68/78/+8/0.00/.../..               25 W   AERO 21 W   RMY 26 8/23  78/60/69/-1/0.04/.../..               23 N   AERO 18 N   RMY 24 8/24  72/55/64/-6/0.00/.../..               25 ENE AERO 21 ENE RMY 22 8/25  66/56/61/-8/0.00/.../..               31 ENE AERO 25 ENE RMY 29 8/26  71/51/61/-8/0.00/.../..               25 NE  AERO 21 NE  RMY 25 8/27  77/54/66/-3/0.00/.../..               18 SSW AERO 18 SSW RMY 17 8/28  78/59/69/0/..../.../..                21 SSE AERO 18 SSE RMY 20 8/29  83/63/73/+4/..../.../..               25 WNW AERO 21 WNW RMY 26 8/30  84/59/72/+4/..../.../..               30 SW  AERO 30 SW  RMY 28 8/31  79/61/70/+2/..../.../..               21 W   AERO 18 W   RMY 20 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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  73/56/65/-3/0.00/.../..                21 ENE AERO 14 ENE RMY 18 9/1 Low temp since midnight is 56F; normal low is 59F DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 2 HIGH 99F IN 1953 (SEPTEMBER MAXIMUM RECORD) LOW 44F IN 1909 PRECIP 2.73 INCHES IN 1947 PEAK GUST 55e MPH WNW IN 1944 RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 3 HIGH 95F IN 1929 LOW 43F IN 1983 PRECIP 3.82 INCHES IN 1972 (TROPICAL STORM CARRIE) PEAK GUST 58 MPH NNE IN 1972 (TROPICAL STORM CARRIE) TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Benjamin Turner