BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME A HOT, YET DRY DAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS.... Yesterday, the wind continued to ramp up, especially mid to late afternoon. A peak gust of 67 mph was measured at 4:06 P.M., being the highest gust measured. Frequent gusts over 50 mph continued into the early evening hours.   This wind is the strongest gust at Blue Hill from a tropical system since 76 mph E on 29 October 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy.  -Yesterday's wind section below written by Matt Douglas Today we observed hazy and hot conditions following last night's rain, which totaled 0.21 inches. Conditions were hazy, but the visibility reached a max of 50 miles at the 10 P.M. observation. Wind was much lower than yesterday, with a max gust of 25 mph, and an average speed of 15 mph. The weather was hot yet enjoyable, with dew points remaining in the low 60's, even with a high temperature of 90F reached this afternoon. This is 9 degrees above the daily normal high of 81F. The low since midnight is 68F, which is 5 degrees above the daily normal low of 63F. Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered cumulus and altocumulus, broken cirrostratus Temperature: 73F; Dew Point: 69F; Relative Humidity: 87% Wind: SSW at 10 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.99 ins. Hg: Rising steadily Visibility: 30 miles, hazy 6-hr Max temp: 73F 6-hr Min temp: 68F 24-hr Precip: 0.21 ins. BHO SA 1155 20 SCT 140 SCT E250 BKN 30 155/73/69/2110/999/ HAZY/ 8/158 53014 10073 20068 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered cumulus, broken cirrostratus Temperature: 84F; Dew Point: 66F; Relative Humidity: 55% Wind: SSW at 8 kts   Sea-level pressure: 30.01 ins. Hg: falling then rising Visibility: 50 miles 3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1455 40 SCT E250 BKN 50 161/84/66/2108/001/ 8/108 51006 1 P.M. Weather: Broken Cumulus Temperature: 88F; Dew Point: 62F; Relative Humidity: 43% Wind: SW at 10G20 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.99 ins. Hg: falling steadily Visibility: 40 miles 6-hr Max temp: 90F 6-hr Min temp: 73F 6-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1755 E50 BKN 40 154/88/62/2310G20/999/ 8/200 58007 10090 20073 SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2020 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....83   NORMAL.....81 MIN.....71   NORMAL.....63 MEAN....77   NORMAL.....72 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.................+5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.................+26 [+6.3 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY.................12  DEPARTURE......+5 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.................54  DEPARTURE......+25 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...............541  DEPARTURE.....+161 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE..........448  DEPARTURE......+93 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY....................67 SSE AT  4:06 P.M.                      AERO.........................71 S   AT  4:06 P.M.                    ASOS.........................59 S   AT  5:31 P.M.                    DAVIS........................66 SSE AT  4:07 P.M                    RMY 70  MERLIN 67 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......................45 S   AT  5:41 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...................44 S   AT  5:41 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..................44 S   AT  4:50 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..............17.5 SSE                               ASOS.......................17.0                    DAVIS......................16.7 S [178 deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.21  DEPARTURE......+0.06                          ASOS..............0.21 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.23  DEPARTURE......-0.37                          ASOS..............0.23 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........29.30  DEPARTURE......-2.29                          ASOS.............30.04 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/+9/0.00/722/81             28 S    AERO 28 S    RMY 26 07/20  91/72/82/+10/T/481/54               25 SSW  AERO 25 SSW  RMY N/A 07/21  88/68/78/+6/0.00/799/90             25 W    AERO 25 W    RMY 24 07/22  80/67/74/+2/..../275/31             16 ENE  AERO M  M    RMY 16 07/23  88/68/78/+6/0.48/203/23             31 N    AERO 32 N    RMY 31  TSTM 07/24  81/68/75/+3/0.00/476/54             15 ENE  AERO 15 ENE  RMY 16 07/25  88/67/78/+6/0.00/845/96             18 W    AERO 18 WNW  RMY N/A 07/26  89/70/80/+8/0.00/632/72             27 W    AERO 28 W    RMY 27 07/27  94/72/83/+11/0.00/823/94            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  85/69/77/+5/0.02/.../..             36 S    AERO 37 S    RMY 38 08/03  91/75/83/+11/0.00/.../..            36 WSW  AERO 38 SW   RMY 36 08/04  83/71/77/+5/0.21/.../..            67 SSE  AERO 71 S    RMY 70 08/05  The low since midnight is 68F, 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 5 HIGH 98F IN 1955 LOW 48F IN 1929,1972 PRECIP 3.03 INCHES IN 1893 PEAK GUST 60e MPH SW 1977 RECORDS FOR AUGUST 6 HIGH 95F IN 1931 LOW 48F IN 1934 PRECIP 1.47 INCHES IN 1995 PEAK GUST 44e MPH SSW IN 1940 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Benjamin Turner