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October 16, 2014

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, 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 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME EXTREMELY HUMID CONDITIONS FOR MID OCTOBER AS AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AIR MASS CONTINUES IN PLACE OVER US LOW TEMPERATURE OF 67F SINCE MIDNIGHT WOULD BE RECORD A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OVERNIGHT MORE RAIN TODAY Very humid conditions prevail today with the dew point reaching 68 degrees. The unseasonably warm and humid air mass allowed our morning minimum to drop to only 66 degrees at midnight at the start of today. This reading would very easily beat the record high minimum for this date which is 63F in 1897 and would also come very close to the highest minimum for any October day of 67F set October 13, 1990. An approaching cold front with showers ahead of it will likely bring cooler temperatures by midnight tonight so we don’t believe the minimum of 66 degrees will hold. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Low overcast stratus with higher altocumulus clouds visible E-SE and the sun briefly dimly visible, thin fog in all quadrants and a light rain shower ended at 6:15 EST. Temperature: 67F; Dew Point: 67F; Wind: SSE at 13G21 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.90 ins. Hg, falling slightly Visibility: 7 miles, except NW 4 miles, N 9 miles, NE-SE 12 miles, SW 8 miles with light fog all quadrants 6-hr max temp: 68F 6-hr min temp: 67F 24-hr precip: 0.03 inch BHO SA 1155 E5 OVC 7 124/67/67/1513G21/990/ HIER CLDS VSB E-SE SUN ONCL DMLY VSB THN F ALQDS VSBY NW 4 N 9 NE-SE12 SW 8/ 8/67/ 58007 MANUAL 6001/ ASOS 60001 MANUAL 70003 ASOS 70003 10068 20067 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered variable to broken to overcast with stratus fractus, broken altocumulus, overcast altocumulus Temperature: 69F; Dew Point: 68F; Wind: SSE at 14G24 kts, Wind: Gust to 25 kts past hour Sea-level pressure: 29.87 ins. Hg, falling then more quickly Visibility: 15 miles, thin fog, except NNE-ESE 12 miles, WNW 25 miles BHO SA 1455 8V SCT E90 BKN 100 OVC 15 114/69/68/1514G24/987/ 8 SCT V BKN V OVC VSBY NNE-ESE 12 WNW 25 GST 25 KTS PST HR/ 8/77/ 58010 MANUAL 6002/ ASOS 60001 1 P.M. Weather: Overcast stratus fractus, ceiling and visibility lowering in light rain and fog Temperature: 69F; Dew Point: 69F; Wind: SSE at 17G26 kts, Peak Wind: 30 kts SSE @ 12:06 PM EST Sea-level pressure: 29.79 ins. Hg, falling, then more quickly Visibility: 4 miles, light rain and fog and lowering 6-hr max temp: 70F 6-hr min temp: 67F 6-hr precip: 0.09 inch BHO SA 1755 E7 OVC 4R-F 089/69/69/1517G26/979/ CIG/VSBY LWRG PK WND 1530/06/ 8/7// 58025 MANUAL 6009/ ASOS 60006 10070 20067 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..79    NORMAL…..61 MIN…..62    NORMAL…..43 MEAN….71    NORMAL…..52 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL……………………+19 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………+28 [+1.7 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………0  DEPARTURE……….-13 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….138  DEPARTURE……….-26 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………239  DEPARTURE……….-67 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….239  DIFFERENCE……….,0 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………32 SSW AT  12:38 P.M. ASOS…………………..36 SSW AT  12:39 P.M. DAVIS………………….34 SSW AT  12:39 P.M. RMY 36 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..28 SSW AT  12:39 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..29 SSW AT  12:40 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….27 SSW AT  12:41 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….16.4 S ASOS………………….16.1 DAVIS…………………15.0 S (180 degrees) * Last of several occurrences PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.03  DEPARTURE……..-0.12 ASOS…………..0.03 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….2.67  DEPARTURE……..+0.45 ASOS…………..2.67 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….34.26  DEPARTURE……..-7.04 ASOS………….34.47 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/-3/0.00/658/95              26 W   RMY 28 10/6  66/42/54/-1/0.00/669/97              25 SSE RMY N/A 10/7  72/54/63/+8/0.01/281/38              43 S   RMY 49 10/8  72/53/63/+9/0.01/562/82              40 S   RMY N/A 10/9  64/48/56/+2/0.00/648/95              35 W   RMY 39 10/10 63/43/53/-1/0.00/489/72              23 W   RMY N/A 10/11 50/43/47/-6/0.35/…/..              15 N   RMY N/A 10/12 60/40/50/-3/0.00/…/..              20 NW  RMY N/A 10/13 61/45/53/+0/0.00/…/..              23 S   RMY 25 10/14 75/58/67/+15/0.00/…/..             29 S   RMY 31 10/15 79/62/71/+19/0.02/…/..             32 SSW RMY 36 10/16  morning low temp: 66F since midnight; normal low now 43F 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 16 HIGH 86F IN 1897 LOW 28F IN 1886 PRECIP 2.82 INCHES IN 1974 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 2009 PEAK GUST 68e MPH SSE IN 1954 (HURRICANE HAZEL) RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 17 HIGH 86F IN 1947 LOW 25F IN 1886 PRECIP 1.87 INCHES IN 1989 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1970 PEAK GUST 55 MPH NE IN 1964 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling
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