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November 1, 2013

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY NOVEMBER…

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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2013 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME OCTOBER FINISHES 7TH DRIEST ON RECORD WITH 1.09 INCHES STRONG TO GALE FORCE SOUTH TO SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY VERY WARM CONDITIONS FOR NOVEMBER 1st RAINFALL IN VERY SMALL AMOUNTS ON OCTOBER 31 Only 0.05 inch of rainfall occurred on October 31 bringing the monthly total to a 7th driest 1.09 inches and 3.60 below the 30-year normal.  (See list below). Also October has finish 2.6 degrees above average. The full October report will be out soon. Winds have been increasing overnight with rising temperatures through the 60’s.  The peak gusts have reached 50 to 60 mph from the SSW this morning and temperatures have risen from 61 degrees very early this morning to 67 degrees by 9 A.M. EDT. Between the 11AM and Noon hour we received a windswept downpour that gave us an estimated 0.10 inches of rain in a short period of time. Visibility dropped to less then 1 mile and had sustained winds around 40 MPH. A unconfirmed gust to about 65 mph occurred in the downpour. BHO DRIEST OCTOBERS (INCHES, 1886-2013) 1)  0.22 IN 1924 2)  0.39 IN 1994 3)  0.50 IN 1946 4)  0.61 IN 1935 5)  0.63 IN 1897 6)  0.79 IN 2001 7)  1.09 IN 2013 8)  1.15 IN 1918 9)  1.25 IN 1940 10) 1.31 IN 1967 Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, stratus fractus, scattered altocumulus, broken altocumulus of chaotic sky, overcast altocumulus/altostratus Temperature: 66F; Dew Point: 61F; Wind: SSW at 28G43 kts. Sea-level pressure: 29.59 ins. Hg, decreasing, then decreasing more slowly Visibility: 12 miles, thin fog 6-hr min temp: 62F 24-hr precip: 0.05 inch BHO SA 1155 20 SCT 70 SCT E100 BKN 160 OVC 12 019/66/61/2028G43/959/ AC CHAOTIC ALQDS BRGHT SPTS IOVC THN F ALQDS PK WND 1943/53/ 8/59/ 56025 MANUAL 6000/ MANUAL 70005 ASOS 70004 10066 20062 10 A.M. Weather: Light rain shower, scattered stratocumulus, stratus fractus, overcast altocumulus Temperature: 67F; Dew Point: 62F; Wind: S at 26G38 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.52 ins. Hg, decreasing rapidly Visibility: 12 miles BHO SA 1455 E22 BKN 100 OVC 12 RW- 997/67/62/1926G38/952/ HIER CLD VSB BRGHT SPTS IOVC PK WND 2048/27/ PCPN VRY LGT/ 8/57/ 58022 MANUAL 6000/ 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumlus and stratus fractus, overcast altocumulus, breaks in overcast distant W-NW-N, light rain shower S-SW Temperature: 62F; Dew Point: 55F; Wind: SSW at 24G32  kts, Peak Wind: SSW at 32 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.32 ins. Hg, decreasing more rapidly Visibility: 60 miles 6-hr max temp: 69F 6-hr precip: 0.10 inches BHO SA 1755 E50 SCT 80 OVC 60 998/62/55/2024G32/932/ BINOVC W-NW-N RW- S-SW PK WND 2232/53 58004 ASOS 60010 MANUAL 60010 10069 20066 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..61    NORMAL…..55 MIN…..43    NORMAL…..38 MEAN….52    NORMAL…..47 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………+5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH………………..+88 [+2.6 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………0  DEPARTURE……….0 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH……………5  DEPARTURE……….0 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………701  DEPARTURE……..+99 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….767  DIFFERENCE…….-66 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..13  DEPARTURE………-5 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….331  DEPARTURE……..-90 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………477  DEPARTURE……..-86 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….408  DIFFERENCE…….+69 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………37 SSW AT 06:01 P.M. AERO…………………..N/A ASOS…………………..40 S   AT 06:01 P.M. DAVIS………………….38 S   AT 06:00 P.M.  RMY N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..31 S   AT 11:50 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..29 S   AT 06:22 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….28 S   AT 06:01 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….15.9 S ASOS………………….15.1 DAVIS…………………14.1 S [190 degrees] * last of several occurrences… PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.05   DEPARTURE………….-0.11 ASOS…………..0.04 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR OCTOBER…………1.09   DEPARTURE………….-3.60 ASOS…………..1.06 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….42.96   DEPARTURE………….-0.65 ASOS…………..N/A** **ASOS malfunctioned during storm on 2/8-9, leading to erroneous totals SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M………0.0    DEPARTURE…………..0.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH……………0.0    DEPARTURE………….-0.3 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..0.0    DEPARTURE………….-0.3 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2013 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane wind recording system gust RMY:  RMY = R.M. Young wind gust recording system added 8/9/2011 TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ….: Data not yet available, records not finalized 10/1  75/50/63/+6/0.00/676/96         16 WNW AERO 16 MPH WNW RMY 18 10/2  78/56/67/+10/0.00/666/95        29 W   AERO 30 MPH W   RMY 29 10/3  77/56/67/+11/0.00/628/90        20 WNW AERO 20 MPH WNW RMY N/A 10/4  67/56/62/+6/0.26/028/04         18 NW  AERO 20 MPH NW  RMY N/A 10/5  67/56/62/+6/0.01/125/18         14 ENE AERO 12 MPH ENE RMY N/A 10/6  58/53/56/+1/0.56/000/00         20 NE  AERO 20 MPH NE  RMY N/A 10/7  75/57/66/+11/0.07/213/31        48 S   AERO 55 MPH S   RMY 55 10/8  65/50/58/+4/0.00/581/85         25 NW  AERO 27 MPH NW  RMY 28 10/9  59/49/54/0/0.00/545/80          25 ENE AERO 24 MPH ENE RMY 25 10/10 61/46/54/0/0.00/095/14          18 NE  AERO 17 MPH NE  RMY 18 10/11 67/50/59/+6/0.00/473/70         20 NE  AERO 20 MPH NE  RMY N/A 10/12 59/50/55/+2/0.02/007/01         30 ENE AER0 31 MPH ENE RMY 32 10/13 59/46/53/0/0.00/482/72          23 ENE AERO 23 MPH ENE RMY 23 10/14 64/42/53/+1/0.00/580/87         15 SSW AERO 15 MPH SSW RMY 15 10/15 66/50/58/+6/0.00/266/40         16 ESE AERO 16 MPH ESE RMY N/A 10/16 60/49/55/+4/0.00/013/02         23 ESE AERO 24 MPH ESE RMY 23 10/17 70/52/61/+10/0.06/277/42        21 S   AERO 23 MPH S   RMY N/A 10/18 67/50/59/+8/T/630/96            32 WNW AERO 32 MPH W   RMY 31 10/19 65/45/55/+5/0.00/379/58         21 W   AERO 22 MPH W   RMY N/A 10/20 61/44/53/+3/0.00/644/99         33 W   AERO 36 MPH W   RMY 34 10/21 67/43/55/+5/0.00/648/100        23 SSW AERO 25 MPH SSW RMY 27 10/22 69/44/57/+8/T/419/65            25 SSW AERO 27 MPH SSW RMY 27 10/23 50/40/45/-4/0.00/103/16         18 WNW AERO 18 MPH WNW RMY N/A 10/24 53/36/45/-4/0.00/640/100        31 W   AERO 31 MPH W   RMY 34 10/25 49/34/42/-7/0.00/401/63         25 WNW AERO 26 MPH WNW RMY 26 10/26 54/34/44/-4/0.00/521/82         35 SW  AERO 36 MPH SSW RMY 39 10/27 55/39/47/-1/0.04/480/76         30 W   AERO 30 MPH W   RMY 29 10/28 58/35/47/-1/0.00/…/..         31 W   AERO 33 MPH W   RMY 34 10/29 50/30/40/-7/0.00/…/..         15 N   AERO 15 MPH N   RMY 15 10/30 51/38/45/-2/0.02/…/..         16 W   AERO 15 MPH W   RMY N/A 10/31 61/43/52/+5/0.05/000/00         37 SSW AERO N/A N/A    RMY N/A 11/1  morning low temp: 61F; the normal low is now 38F DAILY RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 2013 None so far. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 1 HIGH 75 IN 2003 LOW 22 IN 1913,1923 PRECIP 2.93 INCHES IN 1985 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1906,1951 PEAK GUST 78 ESE IN 1997 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2 HIGH 81 IN 1950 LOW 22 IN 1965 PRECIP 1.67 INCHES IN 1970 SNOWFALL 0.2 IN 1906,1951 PEAK GUST 63 WSW IN 1973 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling/Kevin Pecora
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