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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2017
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH PRESSURE ON THE RISE…
Pressure began rising yesterday afternoon bringing
gusty weather to Great Blue Hill. Yesterday we had
a peak gust of 39 MPH at 1:00 P.M. from the WNW
We saw a short decrease in wind speed until today
around 11:00 A.M. when it began to pick up again.
So far today we have had a peak gust of 32 kts (37 MPH)
from the west.
Temperatures have been closer to seasonable yesterday
and today. Yesterday we had a high of 46F which is the
daily normal. So far today we have had a high of 43F,
which is 3 degrees below the normal of 46F. Overnight
we got down to 31F which is 1 degree above the daily
normal of 30F. Sky has remained party cloudy today
with a mixture of broken altocumulus and cumulus clouds.
Visibility varied today but as the humidity dropped and
the distant haze lifted we had a maximum of 70 miles
at the 1:00 P.M. observation.
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Broken altocumulus, few distant cumulus along
horizon NNE-S
Temperature: 33F; Dew Point: 23F; Wind: WSW at 9 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.91 ins. Hg, rising, then more quickly
Visibility: 70 miles, except SSW-NNE 40. Distant fog SSW-NNE.
6-hr Max temp: 33F
6-hr Min temp: 31F
24-hr precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1155 E75 BKN 70 127/33/23/2409/991/ FEW CU ALG HRZN
DSNT NNE-S VSBY 40 SSW-NNE DSNT FG SSW-NNE/ 8/170 53014
10033 20031
10 A.M.
Weather: Broken altocumulus, broken cirrostratus
Temperature: 39F; Dew Point: 24F; Wind: WSW at 13G20 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.93 ins. Hg, rising then steady
Visibility: 40 miles distant haze in all directions
3-hr precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1455 E65 BKN 250 BKN 40 136/39/24/2513G20/993/ DSNT HZ
ALQDS/ 8/035 51009
1 P.M.
Weather: Broken stratocumulus (2 layers)
Temperature: 42F; Dew Point: 23F; Wind: WNW at 16G23 kts,
Peak Gust: 32 kts (37 mph) at 12:18 P.M.
Sea-level pressure: 29.93 ins. Hg, falling then rising
Visibility: 70 miles
6-hr Max temp: 43F
6-hr Min temp: 32F
6-hr precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1755 E50 BKN 60 BKN 70 134/42/23/2716G23/993/
PK WND 2832/18/ 8/800 56002 10043 20032
SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..46 NORMAL…..46
MIN…..33 NORMAL…..30
MEAN….40 NORMAL…..38
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL………………………+2
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH………………………-1 [-0.2 DEGREES/DAY]
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………25 DEPARTURE……….-2
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………..588 DEPARTURE……….+1
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON……….856 DEPARTURE……..-295
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…..941 DIFFERENCE……..-85
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY……………….29 SSW AT 11:13 A.M.
AERO……………………28 SSW AT 11:14 A.M.
ASOS……………………30 SSW AT 11:14 A.M.
DAVIS…………………..32 SSW AT 10:01 A.M. RMY 41
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY…………………30 WNW AT 1:01 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE………………29 WNW AT 12:58 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE……………..30 WNW AT 10:25 A.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….15.4 WNW
ASOS………………….14.7
DAVIS…………………14.7 WNW [289 DEG.]
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……….2.04 DEPARTURE……-2.07
ASOS…………..2.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….49.84 DEPARTURE……+1.96
ASOS……………N/A ***
*** ASOS annual total not available due to erroneous readings
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 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
11/1 53/39/46/0/0.00/167/27 25 SE AERO 24 SE RMY 25
11/2 71/49/60/+14/0.00/000/00 28 SSE AERO 25 SSE RMY 27
11/3 74/47/61/+15/T/350/57 35 WNW AERO 35 WNW RMY 38
11/4 54/39/47/+2/0.00/545/89 31 NW AERO 31 NW RMY N/A
11/5 61/46/54/+9/0.01/006/01 26 S AERO 24 S RMY N/A
11/6 64/47/56/+11/0.05/000/00 32 S AERO 28 SSW RMY 35
11/7 46/35/41/-4/0.11/145/24 26 NNW AERO 23 N RMY 26
11/8 43/34/39/-5/0.08/295/49 26 N AERO 23 N RMY 27
11/9 50/31/41/-3/0.01/480/80 25 S AERO 23 S RMY N/A
11/10 45/20/33/-11/0.00/586/98 46 WNW AER0 44 WNW RMY 46
11/11 36/18/27/-16/0.00/589/99 28 WNW AERO 26 WNW RMY 28
11/12 44/27/36/-7/0.00/302/51 13 E AERO 9 S RMY 14
11/13 40/35/38/-5/0.26/000/00 20 NNW AERO 17 NNW RMY 20
11/14 40/33/37/-5/T/000/00 18 N AERO 15 N RMY 18
11/15 43/31/37/-5/0.00/417/71 20 NE AERO 15 NE RMY N/A
11/16 51/37/44/+2/0.21/012/02 32 SE AERO 32 SE RMY N/A TSTM
11/17 42/30/36/-5/0.00/…/.. 41 WNW AERO 43 WNW RMY 47
11/18 49/26/38/-3/0.08/…/.. 35 SSW AERO 35 SSW RMY 39
11/19 58/34/46/+5/0.36/…/.. 50 W AERO 50 W RMY 54
11/20 39/31/35/-5/0.00/…/.. 48 WNW AERO 50 WNW RMY 44
11/21 57/35/46/+6/0.00/…/.. 46 SSW AERO 46 SSW RMY 48
11/22 53/35/44/+4/0.87/…/.. 37 NW AERO 38 NW RMY 41
11/23 40/26/33/-6/0.00/…/.. 26 NW AERO 25 NW RMY N/A
11/24 49/29/39/0/0.00/…/.. 28 SSW AERO 26 SSW RMY 29
11/25 57/38/48/+9/0.00/…/.. 29 SSW AERO 28 SSW RMY 31
11/26 46/33/40/+2/0.00/…/.. 39 WNW AERO 41 WNW RMY 41
11/27 Low temp since midnight is 31F; normal low is now 30F
DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2017
11/10/17: DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 20F,
TIES WITH PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 2004
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 27
HIGH 68 IN 1896
LOW 5 IN 1932
PRECIP 2.23 INS IN 2013
SNOWFALL 16.0 INS IN 1898
PEAK GUST 68 NW IN 1997
RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 28
HIGH 70 IN 1990
LOW 10 IN 1901,1930,1936
PRECIP 1.84 INCHES IN 1889
SNOWFALL 3.0 INS IN 1917
PEAK GUST 90 SSW IN 1958
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Kaitlin Geagan
