Saturday, November 8, 2014
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
SECOND FREEZE OF THE SEASON COMES OVERNIGHT
AS TEMPERATURES DIP TO 30F
Gusty NW winds were on the increase yesterday afternoon
after a daytime high of 46F was reached. Winds relaxed
overnight after hitting a peak gust of 39 MPH from the NW.
At the 7:00 AM EST observation temperatures were slowly on
the increase at 31F. Clear skies and visibility of 70
miles were present as well.
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Broken thin cirrus, few stratocumulus distant offshore
NE-S, few altocumulus distant NW-N
Temperature: 31F; Dew Point: 23F; Wind: W at 9 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.97 ins. Hg, increasing, then more quickly
Visibility: 70 miles
6-hr max temp: 33F
6-hr min temp: 30F
24-hr precip: 0.00 inches
BHO SA 1155 E250 BKN 70 148/31/23/2809/997/ FEW SC DSNT OFFSHR NE-S
FEW AC DSNT NW-N/ 8/571 53023 10033 20030
10 A.M.
Weather: Broken thin cirrus, few stratocumulus distant offshore NE-S,
few altocumulus lenticularis distant NW, few cirrocumulus lenticularis
distant SE
Temperature: 38F; Dew Point: 24F; Wind: W at 9 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.00 ins. Hg, rising, then more slowly
Visibility: 70 miles
3-hr precip: 0.00
3-hr min temp: 31F
BHO SA 1455 E250 BKN 70 158/38/24/2709/000/ FEW SC DSNT OFFSHR NE-S
FEW ACSL DSNT NW FEW CCSL DSNT SE/ 8/541 51010
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..46 NORMAL…..53
MIN…..34 NORMAL…..36
MEAN….40 NORMAL…..45
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….-5
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………….-2 [-0.1 DEGREE/DAY]
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..25 DEPARTURE………..+5
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….139 DEPARTURE………..+2
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………561 DEPARTURE………-139
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….597 DIFFERENCE………-36
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………39 NW AT 4:38 P.M.
ASOS…………………..43 NW AT 4:05 P.M.
DAVIS………………….40 NW AT 3:30 P.M. RMY 42
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..30 NW AT 4:35 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..29 NW AT 5:31 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….27 NW AT 5:33 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………15.0 WNW
ASOS…………………14.4
DAVIS………………..12.7 WNW (304 degrees)
* Last of several occurrences
PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00 DEPARTURE……..-0.16
ASOS…………..0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….1.66 DEPARTURE……..+0.57
ASOS…………..1.69
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….43.21 DEPARTURE……..-1.65
ASOS………….43.56
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED:
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/RMY 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
11/1 45/36/41/-5/…./0.0/000/00 35 NNE RMY N/A
11/2 37/32/35/-11/…./1.8/000/00 46 NW RMY 49
11/3 50/30/45/-6/0.00/0.0/…/.. 39 WNW RMY 43
11/4 61/44/53/+8/0.00/0.0/…/.. 28 SSW RMY 32
11/5 66/50/58/+13/0.00/0.0/…/.. 29 SSW RMY N/A
11/6 52/45/49/+4/0.58/0.0/000/00 23 NE RMY 24
11/7 46/34/40/-5/0.00/0.0/…/.. 39 NW RMY 42
11/8 morning low temp: 30F since midnight; normal low now 36F
DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2014:
11/2 – A NEW RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL 1.8 INCHES;
surpasses the previous record of 0.2 ins. in 1906, 1951
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 8
HIGH 72 IN 1938
LOW 20 IN 1921
PRECIP 2.24 INCHES IN 1972
SNOWFALL 4.0 IN 1894
PEAK GUST 72e SE IN 1947
RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 9
HIGH 72 IN 1975
LOW 17 IN 1971
PRECIP 1.37 INCHES IN 1969
SNOWFALL 0.2 IN 1921,1923
PEAK GUST 73e S IN 1943
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald
