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

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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME CHILLY SATURDAY GIVES WAY TO CLEARING AND COLDEST READINGS OF THE SEASON THUS FAR 0.35 inches of rain fell between midnight to midnight yesterday, falling moderately to heavily during the mid morning. Rainfall for the month of October is up to 2.64 inches so far, with a departure of +1.01 inches. At the 7:00 AM EST observation a current temperature and minimum reading of 39.8F was recorded while Norwood Memorial Airport recorded 27F close by. 40F surpassed 42F, as our coldest reading so far this season. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Clear, patches of valley fog S-NNW, few cumulus distant offshore E-SE, few cirrus fibratus Temperature: 41F; Dew Point: 38F; Wind: NNW at 9 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.25 ins. Hg, rising Visibility: 70 miles 6-hr max temp: 43F 6-hr min temp: 40F 24-hr precip: 0.35 inches BHO SA 1155 CLR 70 243/41/38/3309/025/ PTCHS VLY FG S-NNW FEW CU DSNT OFFSHR E-SE FEW CI DSNT ESE-SW THN FG BLO SMT ALQDS/ 8/101 53023 ASOS 70035 MANUAL 70035 10043 20040 10 A.M. Weather: Few cumulus distant offshore SE and WNW-NW, few cirrus distant ESE-SW Temperature: 53F; Dew Point: 38F; Wind: N at 7 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.29 ins. Hg, rising then more slowly Visibility: 70 miles BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 257/53/38/0107/029/ FEW CU DSNT OFFSHR SE AND WNW-NW FEW CI DSNT ESE-SW/ 8/101 51014 1 P.M. Weather: Few small cumulus in all directions Temperature: 59F; Dew Point: 37F; Wind: estimated NNW at 6 kts, Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 30.26 ins. Hg, falling, then more quickly Visibility: 70 miles 6-hr max temp: 59F 6-hr min temp: 41F 6-hr precip: 0.00 inches BHO SA 1755 70 246/59/37/E3306/026/ FEW SML CU ALQDS/ 8/100 58011 10059 20041 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..50    NORMAL…..62 MIN…..43    NORMAL…..45 MEAN….47    NORMAL…..53 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….-6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………….-3 [-0.1 DEGREE/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..18  DEPARTURE………..+6 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….111  DEPARTURE………..-2 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………212  DEPARTURE……….-43 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….198  DIFFERENCE………+14 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………15 N   AT 10:32 A.M. ASOS…………………..16 N   AT 11:32 A.M. DAVIS………………….15 WNW AT 10:01 P.M. RMY N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..12 WNW AT 11:51 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..12 WNW AT 11:58 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….11 WNW AT 10:56 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….7.4 N ASOS………………….8.1 DAVIS…………………6.4 N (349 degrees) * Last of several occurrences PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.35  DEPARTURE……..+0.20 ASOS…………..0.35 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….2.64  DEPARTURE……..+1.01 ASOS…………..2.64 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….34.23  DEPARTURE……..-6.48 ASOS………….34.44 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/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 10/1  56/55/56/-1/1.63/000/00              33 NE  RMY 36 10/2  55/47/51/-6/0.29/000/00              30 NE  RMY N/A 10/3  54/46/50/-6/0.05/000/00              20 NE  RMY 20 10/4  63/52/58/+2/0.30/000/00              30 SE  RMY 32 10/5  60/45/53/-3/0.00/…/..              26 W   RMY 28 10/6  66/42/54/-1/0.00/…/..              25 SSE RMY N/A 10/7  72/54/63/+8/0.01/…/..              43 S   RMY 49 10/8  72/53/63/+9/0.01/…/..              40 S   RMY N/A 10/9  64/48/56/+2/0.00/…/..              35 W   RMY 39 10/10 63/43/53/-1/0.00/…/..              23 W   RMY N/A 10/11 50/43/47/-6/0.35/…/..              15 N   RMY N/A 10/12 morning low temp: 40F since midnight; normal low now 44F DAILY RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 2014: 10/1 – A NEW RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION OF 1.63 INCHES; surpasses the previous record of 1.44 ins. in 1984 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 12 HIGH 87F IN 1954 LOW 31F IN 1906 PRECIP 1.53 INCHES IN 1948 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1941 PEAK GUST 55 MPH NW IN 1963 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 13 HIGH 84F IN 1930,1954 LOW 29F IN 2012 PRECIP 5.92 INCHES IN 1895 SNOWFALL 4.2 INCHES IN 1934 PEAK GUST 46e MPH W IN 1950 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald
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