BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME WINDIER WITH GOOD VISIBILITY FOLLOWING THE MORNING HOURS.... Today we observed mostly cloudy skies, with a decent visibility of 70 miles on average. Wind increased as the day went on, reaching 31 mph before 2 P.M. The average wind speed has reached more than 15 mph, coming in from the south.   The high so far today is 84 degrees. This is 3 degrees above the daily normal high of 81F. The low since midnight is 69F, which is 6 degrees above the daily normal low of 63F. Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Broken altocumulus and cirrostratus Temperature: 73F; Dew Point: 70F; Relative Humidity: 91% Wind: S at 8 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.72 ins. Hg: falling steadily Visibility: 35 miles 6-hr Max temp: 73F 6-hr Min temp: 69F 24-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1155 110 BKN 250 BKN 35 065/73/70/1808/972/ 8/075 58004 10073 20069 10 A.M. Weather: Broken altocumulus and cirrostratus, few cumulus Temperature: 80F; Dew Point: 64F; Relative Humidity: 59% Wind: S at 13G21 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.72 ins. Hg: falling, then rising Visibility: 75 miles 3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1455 90 BKN 250 BKN 75 064/80/64/1813G21/972/ FEW CU ALQDS/ 8/175 58001 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, broken altocumulus and cirrostratus Temperature: 73F; Dew Point: 60F; Relative Humidity: 46% Wind: S at 12G19 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.68 ins. Hg: falling steadily Visibility: 70 miles 6-hr Max temp: 84F 6-hr Min temp: 73F 6-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1755 40 SCT 110 BKN 250 BKN 70 054/73/60/1812G19/968/ 8/475 58012 10084 20073 SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2020 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....87   NORMAL.....81 MIN.....66   NORMAL.....63 MEAN....77   NORMAL.....72 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL..................+5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..................+5 [+4.8 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY.................12  DEPARTURE.......+5 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.................12  DEPARTURE.......+5 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...............499  DEPARTURE.....+141 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE..........421  DEPARTURE......+78 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY....................18 S   AT 10:32 P.M.                      AERO.........................21 S   AT 10:43 P.M.                    ASOS.........................20 S   AT 10:43 P.M.                    DAVIS........................19 SE  AT  6:06 P.M                    RMY 19  MERLIN 18 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......................13 SE  AT  6:08 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...................14 S   AT 10:14 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..................14 SE  AT  6:06 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...............7.6 NE                               ASOS........................7.6                    DAVIS.......................7.9 SSE [151 deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE......-0.15                          ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.00  DEPARTURE......-0.15                          ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........29.07  DEPARTURE......-2.07                          ASOS.............29.81 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 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 07/01  76/63/70/0/0.00/228/25              16 E    AERO 14 E    RMY 14  TSTM 07/02  86/61/74/4/0.00/803/88              30 WSW  AERO 25 WSW  RMY 33 07/03  73/60/67/-4/0.00/091/10             30 NE   AERO 28 NE   RMY 30 07/04  79/60/70/-1/0.00/565/62             16 S    AERO 16 S    RMY 16 07/05  83/63/73/+2/0.54/373/41             24 NW   AERO 30 NW   RMY 26  TSTM 07/06  73/60/67/-4/0.00/482/53             20 ENE  AERO 16 NNE  RMY 18 07/07  78/60/69/-2/0.00/454/50             25 S    AERO 25 S    RMY 26 07/08  83/64/74/+2/0.00/227/25             32 SSW  AERO 32 SSW  RMY 32 07/09  89/70/80/+8/0.00/834/92             24 S    AERO 23 S    RMY 22 07/10  83/70/77/+5/0.05/109/12             30 SSE  AERO 32 SSE  RMY N/A 07/11  85/70/78/+6/0.00/614/68             39 S    AERO 39 S    RMY 38 07/12  86/70/78/+6/0.00/830/92             28 WSW  AERO 28 WSW  RMY 29 07/13  82/69/76/+4/0.23/306/34             30 SSE  AERO 31 SSE  RMY 30  TSTM 07/14  78/63/71/-1/0.00/369/41             26 ENE  AERO 25 ENE  RMY 26   07/15  72/59/66/-6/0.00/539/60             21 NE   AERO 21 NE   RMY N/A 07/16  73/57/65/-7/0.00/815/91             21 E    AERO 21 E    RMY 19 07/17  71/57/64/-8/0.19/027/03             24 SSW  AERO 24 SSW  RMY 25 07/18  89/66/78/+6/0.00/822/92             18 W    AERO 17 W    RMY 19 07/19  92/69/81/+9/0.00/.../..             28 S    AERO 28 S    RMY 26 07/20  91/72/82/+10/T/.../..               25 SSW  AERO 25 SSW  RMY N/A 07/21  88/68/78/+6/0.00/.../..             25 W    AERO 25 W    RMY 24 07/22  80/67/74/+2/..../.../..             16 ENE  AERO M  M    RMY 16 07/23  88/68/78/+6/0.48/.../..             31 N    AERO 32 N    RMY 31  TSTM 07/24  81/68/75/+3/0.00/.../..             15 ENE  AERO 15 ENE  RMY 16 07/25  88/67/78/+6/0.00/.../..             18 W    AERO 18 WNW  RMY N/A 07/26  89/70/80/+8/0.00/.../..             27 W    AERO 28 W    RMY 27 07/27  94/72/83/+11/0.00/.../..            23 SW   AERO 25 SW   RMY N/A 07/28  95/74/85/+13/0.01/.../..            28 WSW  AERO 25 WSW  RMY 25 07/29  90/68/79/+7/0.00/.../..             23 SSW  AERO 25 SSW  RMY 24 07/30  88/71/80/+8/0.00/.../..             29 W    AERO 28 W    RMY 29   07/31  84/69/77/+5/0.00/.../..             14 ENE  AERO 14 ENE  RMY 15 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 08/01  87/66/77/+5/0.00/.../..             18 S    AERO 21 S    RMY 19 08/02  The low since midnight is 69F, the daily normal low is 63F DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR AUGUST 2 HIGH 101F IN 1975 [STATION RECORD MAXIMUM - Tied with 8/10/1949] LOW 50F IN 1929, 1947 PRECIP 1.59 INCHES IN 1946 PEAK GUST 50 MPH SW IN 2006 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 3 HIGH 96F IN 1930 LOW 50F IN 1976 PRECIP 1.45 INCHES IN 1979 PEAK GUST 52 MPH NW IN 2008 [TSTM] TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Benjamin Turner