BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
SUNRISE: 0508E
SUNSET:  1823E

OVERCAST, BREEZY, AND CHILLY WITH OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE....

Today marks day 2 of mainly cloudy skies with a chilly
northeast to east-northeast breeze. Periods of drizzle
is just adding to the rawness of the day, but has been
enough to measure at least. 0.01" was recorded at 7 A.M.
with an additional 0.03" falling through 1 P.M.

The wind has been gusty with a peak gust thus far of
37 mph. The average speed since 7 A.M. has been around
15 mph.

After many days of plenty of sun, yesterday and so far
today have featured none!

The high so far today is 46F, this is 8 degrees below
the normal high of 54F. The low since midnight is 40F,
which is 4 degrees above the daily normal low of 36F.


Today's Observations:

7 A.M.
Weather: Broken Stratus Fractus, broken Altocumulus/Castellanus,
overcast Cirrostratus
Temperature: 43F; Dew Point: 40F; Relative Humidity: 89%
Wind: NE at 11G19 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.81 in Hg, rising, then more slowly  
Visibility: 40 miles
6-hr Max temp: 43F
6-hr Min temp: 40F
24-hr Precip: 0.01 ins.
24-hr Snow: 0.0 ins.
Snow Depth: 0 ins.
BHO SA 1155 E20 BKN 120 BKN 200 OVC 40 095/43/40/0511G19/981/
FEW BINOVC DSNT NE-E/ 8/787 51007 6001/ 70001 10043 20040

10 A.M.
Weather: Overcast stratus fractus, light drizzle
Temperature: 45F; Dew Point: 41F; Relative Humidity: 86%
Wind: ENE @ 15G25 kts, peak wind ENE 36 mph at 9:39 A.M.
Sea-level pressure: 29.85 in Hg; rising, then more slowly
Visibility: 3 miles, fog, 10 miles SE-S
3-hr Precip: Trace
3-hr Snow: 0.0 ins.
BHO SA 1455 E10 OVC 3L-F 108/45/41/0615G25/985/ L-B30
VSBY 10 SE-S PK WND 0631/39/ 8/7// 51013 6000/

1 P.M.
Weather: Broken stratus fractus, overcast nimbostratus, light drizzle
Temperature: 42F, Dew point: 40F; Relative Humidity: 93%
Wind: ENE @ 14G26 kts, peak wind ENE 32 mph at 12:03 P.M.
Sea-level pressure: 29.88 in Hg; rising, then more rapidly
Visibility: 3 miles, fog, 10 miles NW, 6 miles N
6-hr Max temp: 46F
6-hr Min temp: 42F
6-hr Precip: 0.03 ins.
6-hr Snow: 0.0 ins.
Snow Depth: 0 ins.
BHO SA 1755 E5 BKN 20 OVC 3L-F 118/42/40/0614G26/988/ L-B35
VSBY 10 NW 6 N PK WND 0628/03/ 8/6// 53010 6003/ 10046 20042


SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2021

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.......53     NORMAL.....54
MIN.......40     NORMAL.....36
MEAN......47     NORMAL.....45

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR (1981-2010) NORMAL....... +2
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH...................+45 [+3.9 DEGREES/DAY]

HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............18  DEPARTURE...... -2
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............197  DEPARTURE......-45
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............5019  DEPARTURE.....-707
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......5110  DEPARTURE......-91

PEAK WIND GUST (MPH):
                     420C/Official..............33 ENE @ 12:07 P.M.
                     AEROVANE (south tower).....33 ENE @ 12:54 P.M.
                     ASOS.......................32 NE  @ 11:45 A.M.
                     DAVIS #1...................32 ENE @ 11:44 A.M.
                     DAVIS #2 (south tower).....33 ENE @ 12:08 P.M.
                     RMY........................34     @ 11:55 A.M.
                     VECTOR.....................35     @ 12:03 P.M.
                     MERLIN.....................32

FASTEST MILE:
CONTACTING ANEMOMETER/OFFICIAL..................24 NE  @ 12:04 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...................21 NE  @ 12:11 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #1 AVERAGE...............22 ENE @ 12:10 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #2 AVERAGE...............22 NE  @ 12:09 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RMY AVERAGE....................21 ENE @ 12:06 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE VECTOR AVERAGE.................21     @ 12:07 P.M.

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION:
                     CONTACTING/OFFICIAL.......11.8 NE [284 total miles]
                     ASOS......................11.2  
                     DAVIS #1..................12.2 ENE  
                     DAVIS #2..................12.3 ENE
                     RMY.......................11.3 E
                     VECTOR....................11.8

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST):
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.01  DEPARTURE....-0.17
                             ASOS.............0.01
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.............0.90  DEPARTURE....-0.96
                             ASOS.............0.88
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.............11.07  DEPARTURE....-4.78
                              ASOS...........11.39

SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST):
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HOURS ENDING 7 A.M...........0.0  DEPARTURE.... -0.1
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH ................TRACE  DEPARTURE.....-1.8
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.................72.6  DEPARTURE....+11.6


PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/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

04/01   56/30/43/+2/0.89/T/.../..        44 NW   AERO 51 NW   RMY 49
04/02   37/24/31/-10/0.00/0.0/.../..     28 NW   AERO 32 NNW  RMY 30
04/03   48/23/36/-6/0.00/0.0/.../..      24 NW   AERO 25 NW   RMY 26
04/04   58/33/46/+4/0.00/0.0/.../..      38 NNW  AERO 41 NNW  RMY 41
04/05   57/41/49/+6/T/T/.../..           41 NNW  AERO 48 NNW  RMY 50
04/06   61/40/51/+8/0.00/0.0/.../..      26 NNW  AERO 25 NNW  RMY 31
04/07   57/41/49/+6/0.00/0.0/.../..      23 ENE  AERO 21 ENE  RMY 22
04/08   59/43/51/+7/0.00/0.0/.../..      22 ENE  AERO 22 ENE  RMY 24
04/09   69/42/56/+12/0.00/0.0/.../..     24 S    AERO  M   M  RMY 26
04/10   75/43/59/+14/0.00/0.0/.../..     26 SSW  AERO 28 SSW  RMY 30
04/11   53/40/47/+2/T/0.0/.../..         33 ENE  AERO 33 ENE  RMY 34

04/12   The low since midnight is 40F, the daily normal low is 36F


DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated)

RECORDS FOR APRIL 12
HIGH 82 IN 1945
LOW 17 IN 1926
PRECIP 1.51 IN. IN 1993
SNOWFALL 9.0 IN. IN 1894
PEAK GUST 65e MPH W IN 1978

RECORDS FOR APRIL 13
HIGH 85 IN 1945
LOW 22 IN 1939
PRECIP 2.51 IN. IN 2004
SNOWFALL 6.8 IN. IN 1933
PEAK GUST 79 MPH S IN 2020

TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Matt Douglas