BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2021 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME SUNRISE: 0414E SUNSET:  1923E HAZY, HOT, AND HUMID WEATHER RETURNS.... Some early morning thunderstorms moved through in the wee hours, likely the leading edge of a warmer and more humid air mass. The dew point has been rising steadily through the day, having reached the low-mid 70s by mid afternoon. The early morning rain only amounted to 0.02", however it appears more showers and storms are slated for late this afternoon and evening. Visibility has been poor today thanks to haziness. We've only been able to see 15-20 miles. The wind has been generally out of the southwest, gusting at times to 25-30mph. The high so far today is 86F, 5 degrees above the daily average of 81F. The low so far today is 66F, 3 degrees above the daily average of 63F.   PRELIMINARY STATS FOR JUNE 2021 TEMPERATURE, Deg. F Avg. Max. 80.9 [+5.9] Avg. Min. 60.4 [+3.3] Mean      70.9 [+4.6] 24-hour corrected mean: 70.0 Max. for month: 95F on the 29th Min. for month: 50F on the 1st HEATING DEGREE DAYS Total heating units:     19 [-54] Total for the season:  5597 [-725] Total for last season: 5852 COOLING DEGREE DAYS Total cooling units:     187 [+92] Total for the season:    226 [+97] Total for last season:   184 PRECIPITATION, Inches Total: 2.72 [-1.59] Greatest in 24 hrs: 0.68 inches on the 22nd WIND, mph Avg. uncorrected wind speed: 10.4 mph Avg. corrected wind speed:   10.9 mph Prevailing wind direction:   SSW [22%] Peak gust and direction:     51 NW on the 30th SUNSHINE: Campbell-Stokes card minutes: N/A Astronomical total minutes: N/A Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Overcast cirrostratus Temperature: 68F; Dew Point: 66F; Relative Humidity: 93% Wind: SSW @ 14G22 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.94 in. Hg; rising, then falling Visibility: 15 miles, thin fog 6-hr Max temp: 68F 6-hr Min temp: 66F 24-hr Precip: 0.02 ins. BHO SA 1155 E200 OVC 15 138/68/66/2114G22/994/ SUN DMLY VSBL THN F ALQDS/ 8/007 58004 6002/ 70002 10068 20066 10 A.M. Weather: Broken altocumulus/castellanus, thin overcast cirrus Temperature: 77F; Dew Point: 70F; Relative Humidity: 79% Wind: SW @ 10G18 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.93 in Hg; rising, then falling Visibility: 20 miles, hazy 3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1455 E130 BKN 250 -OVC 20 135/77/70/2310G18/993/ FEW BINOVC SE FEW LWR AC WSW-W HAZY/ 8/081 58003 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, thin broken cirrus, few cumulus all quadrants Temperature: 85F, Dew point: 71F; Relative Humidity: 63% Wind: WSW @ 10G16 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.88 in Hg; falling, then more rapidly Visibility: 15 miles, hazy 6-hr Max temp: 86F 6-hr Min temp: 68F 6-hr Precip: Trace BHO SA 1755 130 SCT E250 -BKN 15 119/85/71/2410G16/988/ FEW CU ALQDS HAZY/ 8/231 58016 6000/ 10086 20068 SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, JULY 5, 2021 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.......74     NORMAL.....81 MIN.......53     NORMAL.....63 MEAN......64     NORMAL.....72 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR (1991-2020) NORMAL......... -8 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....................-46 [-9.4 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON: JUL 2021 THRU JUN 2022) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY............... 1  DEPARTURE....... +1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...............21  DEPARTURE.......+19 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON..............21  DEPARTURE.......+19 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE..........0  DEPARTURE.......+21 COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON: JAN 2021 THRU DEC 2021) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY................0  DEPARTURE.......-7 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH................8  DEPARTURE......-27 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.............234  DEPARTURE......+61 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE........213  DEPARTURE......+21 PEAK WIND GUST (MPH):                      420C/Official..............26 SSW @  6:23 P.M.                      AEROVANE (south tower).....28 SSW @  5:42 P.M.                      ASOS............OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS                      VECTOR #1..................28     @  6:25 P.M.                      VECTOR #2 (south tower)....27     @ 11:27 P.M.                      DAVIS #1...................26 S   @  5:33 P.M.                      DAVIS #2 (south tower).....28 SSE @  5:35 P.M.                      RMY........................27     @  6:25 P.M.                      MERLIN.....................25 FASTEST MILE: CONTACTING ANEMOMETER/OFFICIAL..................20 SSW @  5:40 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE........OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE VECTOR #1 AVERAGE..............19     @  6:24 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #1 AVERAGE...............18 SSW @  6:24 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #2 AVERAGE...............19 SSW @  5:28 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RMY AVERAGE....................18 SSW @  5:38 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION:                      CONTACTING/OFFICIAL...... 8.2 SSW  [197 total miles]                      ASOS.....................OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS                      VECTOR #1................ 8.6                      DAVIS #1................. 7.9 SSW                      DAVIS #2................. 8.3 SSW                      RMY...................... 8.0 S PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST): TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.02  DEPARTURE....-0.09 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.............4.40  DEPARTURE....+3.84 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.............27.78  DEPARTURE....+0.25       PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 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 06/01   74/50/62/0/0.00/425/47            20 WSW  AERO 24 WSW  RMY 22 06/02   80/55/68/+6/0.00/553/61           28 S    AERO 25 S    RMY 28 06/03   73/56/65/+3/0.01/073/08           29 SSW  AERO 29 SSW  RMY 29 06/04   77/61/69/+6/0.02/054/06           23 SW   AERO 25 WSW  RMY 25 TSTM 06/05   87/60/74/+11/0.00/801/88          32 SSW  AERO 37 SSW  RMY 35 06/06   91/69/80/+17/0.00/819/90          30 WSW  AERO 31 WSW  RMY 32 06/07   92/69/81/+17/0.00/838/92          31 SSW  AERO 35 SSW  RMY 34 06/08   92/69/81/+17/0.06/456/50          24 WSW  AERO 25 WSW  RMY 27 TSTM 06/09   88/70/79/+15/0.02/530/58          21 N    AERO 23 NNW  RMY 23 06/10   70/53/62/-3/0.00/795/87           28 NE   AERO 28 NE   RMY 28 06/11   70/51/61/-4/0.13/411/45           21 SSE  AERO 22 SSE  RMY 22 06/12   72/53/63/-2/0.43/430/47           20 WSW  AERO 18 WSW  RMY 20 06/13   82/56/69/+4/0.00/860/94           26 SSW  AERO 29 SSW  RMY 29 06/14   65/56/61/-5/0.63/027/03           28 S    AERO 30 SSE  RMY 29 06/15   77/61/69/+3/T/357/39              18 NE   AERO 20 NE   RMY 18 TSTM 06/16   73/56/65/-1/0.00/769/84           27 NNW  AERO 31 NNW  RMY 27 06/17   77/52/65/-2/0.00/880/96           21 WNW  AERO 21 NW   RMY 23 06/18   82/56/69/+2/T/789/86              26 WSW  AERO 28 WSW  RMY 30 06/19   86/63/75/+8/0.09/504/55           30 SW   AERO 32 SW   RMY 32 06/20   85/63/74/+6/0.00/816/89           24 S    AERO 25 SSW  RMY 25 06/21   83/65/74/+6/0.00/.../..           37 SSW  AERO 39 SSW  RMY 39 06/22   84/58/71/+3/0.68/.../..           30 NW   AERO 31 NW   RMY 31 TSTM 06/23   73/52/63/-5/0.00/.../..           25 NW   AERO 24 NW   RMY 26 06/24   76/58/67/-2/T/.../..              25 SE   AERO 24 SE   RMY 25 06/25   71/57/64/-5/0.11/.../..           23 S    AERO 23 S    RMY 23 06/26   81/61/71/+2/0.00/.../..           36 SSW  AERO 37 SSW  RMY 38 06/27   85/70/78/+9/0.00/.../..           38 SW   AERO 39 SW   RMY 42 06/28   93/70/82/+12/0.00/.../..          28 SW   AERO 28 SW   RMY 28 06/29   95/73/84/+14/T/.../..             26 W    AERO 30 W    RMY 27 TSTM 06/30   94/69/82/+12/0.54/.../..          51 NW   AERO 53 NW   RMY 56 TSTM RECORDS FOR JUNE: JUNE 7: Record high minimum temperature of 69F,         Surpasses previous record of 66F set in 1922 and 1953 JUNE 29: Record high maximum temperature of 95F,         Surpasses previous record of 94F set in 1933 JUNE 29: Record high minimum temperature of 73F,         Surpasses previous record of 71F set in 1999 JUNE 30: Record high maximum temperature of 94F,         Ties previous record of 94F set in 1964 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   80/65/73/+2/0.74/.../..           22 W   AERO 20 WSW   RMY 21 07/02   65/55/60/-11/1.49/.../..          37 NE  AERO 36 NE    RMY 39 07/03   56/54/55/-17/1.98/.../..          41 NE  AERO 44 NE    RMY 45 07/04   66/54/60/-12/0.16/.../..          26 ENE AERO 23 ENE   RMY 26 07/05   74/53/64/-8/0.01/.../..           26 SSW AERO 28 SSW   RMY 27 07/06 The low since midnight is 66F, the daily normal low is 63F RECORDS FOR JULY: JULY 2: Record daily precipitation of 1.49",         Surpasses previous record of 1.42" set in 1986 JULY 3: Record daily precipitation of 1.98",         Surpasses previous record of 1.36" set in 1985 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated) RECORDS FOR JULY 6 HIGH 99F IN 2010 LOW 47F IN 1979 PRECIP 1.43 INS IN 2005 PEAK GUST 56e MPH NNW IN 1942, 56 MPH WNW IN 1999 RECORDS FOR JULY 7 HIGH 97F IN 1908,1993 LOW 48F IN 1902 PRECIP 2.11 INS IN 1966 PEAK GUST 55 MPH NW IN 1989 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Matt Douglas