Monday, October 23, 2017
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2017
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
FOGGY HUMID MORNING CLEARS FOR MILD DAY
The morning started with a dense fog that limited
visibility to 1/8 of a mile at 7:00 AM and 1/2
of a mile a 10:00 AM EST. The fog moved out of
the area before 1:00 PM EST but lingered in the
distance limiting visibility to 45 miles.
Winds have been light and variable from the SSE.
The wind started to slightly pick up in the
afternoon with a peak gust of 14 kts (16 MPH) by
1:00 PM EST. The southerly wind is causing
temperatures to continue to be above seasonable
with a high of 73F yesterday, which is 15 degrees
above the normal, and 68F by 1:00 PM EST today.
Today’s temperature so far is already 10 degrees
above the normal for this day. So far this October
is among the five warmest in Observatory history.
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Fog
Temperature: 51F; Dew Point: 51F; Wind: SE at 2 kts,
Wind: Light
Sea-level pressure: 30.40 ins. Hg, falling then rising
Visibility: 1/8 mile
6-hr Max temp: 54F
6-hr Min temp: 50F
24-hr precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1155 W3 X 1/8F 295/51/51/1402/040/ WND LGT/ 8//// 53005
10054 20050
10 A.M.
Weather: Fog
Temperature: 58F; Dew Point: 58F; Wind: SE at 3 kts,
Wind: Light
Sea-level pressure: 30.37 ins. Hg, steady then falling
Visibility: 1/2 mile
BHO SA 1455 W3 X 1/2F 285/58/58/1403/037/ WND LGT/ 8//// 58010
1 P.M.
Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, few distant cumulus in all
directions, few altocmulus SSW-W, few cirrus overhead
Temperature: 68F; Dew Point: 60F; Wind: SSE at 7 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.30 ins. Hg, falling, then more rapidly
Visibility: 45 miles distant fog in all directions
6-hr Max temp: 68F
6-hr Min temp: 51F
BHO SA 1755 33 SCT 45 260/68/60/1607/030/ FEW CU DSNT ALQDS
FEW AC SSW-W FEW CI OVHD DSNT FG ALQDS/ 8/491 58025 10068 20051
SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2017
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..73 NORMAL…..58
MIN…..54 NORMAL…..41
MEAN….64 NORMAL…..49
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL……………………+15
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………..+178 [+7.9 DEGREES/DAY]
COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC)
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………0 DEPARTURE………..0
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………..20 DEPARTURE………+15
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………727 DEPARTURE……..+125
TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….901 DEPARTURE……..-174
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………1 DEPARTURE………-15
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….103 DEPARTURE……..-164
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………196 DEPARTURE……..-213
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….241 DEPARTURE………-45
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY……………….21 ENE AT 4:59 P.M.
AERO……………………16 ENE AT 5:00 P.M.
ASOS……………………20 E AT 5:00 P.M.
DAVIS…………………..18 E AT 4:59 P.M. RMY 17
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY…………………15 ENE AT 4:59 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE………………16 ENE AT 5:00 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE……………..15 ENE AT 5:00 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………..7.2 ENE
ASOS…………………..8.0
DAVIS………………….7.2 NE [43 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……….0.50 DEPARTURE……-2.79
ASOS…………..0.50
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….42.36 DEPARTURE……-0.01
ASOS……………N/A ***
*** ASOS annual total not available due to erroneous readings
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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
10/1 65/42/54/-3/0.00/697/99 18 WNW AERO 16 NW RMY N/A
10/2 65/46/56/-1/0.00/687/98 21 NNW AERO 21 NNW RMY 21
10/3 67/50/59/+3/0.00/677/97 21 S AERO 21 S RMY N/A
10/4 75/50/63/+7/0.00/660/95 30 SSW AERO 30 SW RMY 32
10/5 79/60/70/+14/0.00/429/62 28 SW AERO 26 SW RMY N/A
10/6 73/57/65/+10/T/352/51 15 NW AERO 14 NW RMY 15
10/7 75/59/67/+12/T/344/50 29 S AERO 30 SSW RMY N/A
10/8 71/67/69/+15/0.23/007/01 33 S AERO 36 SSW RMY 37
10/9 71/68/70/+16/0.22/000/00 43 S AERO 41 S RMY 45
10/10 76/61/69/+15/0.00/637/94 21 WNW AERO 20 WNW RMY 21
10/11 68/55/62/+9/0.00/122/18 29 ENE AERO 25 ENE RMY 29
10/12 58/48/50/0/T/…/.. 30 NE AERO 28 ENE RMY 30
10/13 64/48/56/+3/0.00/…/.. 20 E AERO 16 E RMY 17
10/14 66/54/60/+8/…/…/.. 15 SSE AERO 13 SSE RMY 13
10/15 72/58/65/+13/…/…/.. 39 SSW AERO 36 SSW RMY 40
10/16 66/39/53/+2/…/…/.. 28 NNW AERO 25 NNW RMY 29
10/17 57/35/46/-5/0.00/…/.. 25 S AERO 22 S RMY 25
10/18 70/45/58/+7/0.00/…/.. 25 SW AERO 23 SW RMY 22
10/19 72/52/62/+12/0.00/…/.. 31 SSW AERO 30 SSW RMY 32
10/20 68/53/61/+11/0.00/…/.. 28 WNW AERO 25 WNW RMY 29
10/21 77/52/65/+15/0.00/…/.. 21 NW AERO 20 NW RMY 18
10/22 73/54/64/+15/0.00/…/.. 21 ENE AERO 16 ENE RMY 17
10/23 Low temp since midnight is 59F; normal low is now 41F
DAILY RECORDS FOR OCTOBER
10/8/17: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 67F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 60F SET IN 1944
10/9/17: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 68F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 61F SET IN 2011
10/9/17: MONTHLY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 68F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 67F SET ON OCTOBER 13, 1990
AND TIED ON OCTOBER 8, 2017
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 23
HIGH 82F IN 1947
LOW 24F IN 1969
PRECIP 3.66 INCHES IN 2014
SNOWFALL 3.0 INCHES IN 1891
PEAK GUST 78e MPH NW IN 1941
RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 24
HIGH 79F IN 1963
LOW 22F IN 1969
PRECIP 2.96 INCHES IN 1890
SNOWFALL 1.8 INCHES IN 1960
PEAK GUST 70 MPH SE IN 1959
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Kaitlin Geagan/ Afshin Pourmokhtarian
