Wednesday, December 9, 2020

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

OVERCAST WITH LIGHT WINDS AND LIMITED
AFTERNOON VISIBILITY….

Today we observed mostly cloudy skies with a max
visibility around 65 miles at the 10 A.M. observation.
This decreased since then, being only 30 miles at 1 P.M.
due to haze. Wind was light and southwesterly since this
morning, only reaching 16 mph as of yet. Pressure is on
a steady decline as the cloud cover has become more
dense as the day goes on.

The high so far today is 32F, 9 degrees below the daily
normal high of 41F. The low since midnight is 19F, 7 degrees
below the normal low of 26F.
PRELIMINARY STATS FOR NOVEMBER 2020

TEMPERATURE, Deg. F
Avg. Max. 56.3 [+6.3] Avg. Min. 38.6 [+5.1] Mean      47.5 [+5.8] 24-hour corrected mean: 46.9
Max. for month: 75F on the 7th
Min. for month: 18F on the 19th

HEATING DEGREE DAYS
Total heating units:   521 [-177] Total for the season:  973 [-288] Total for last season: 1237

PRECIPITATION, Inches
Total: 5.23 [+1.77] Greatest in 24 hrs: N/A

SNOWFALL, Inches
Total: TRACE
Greatest in 24 hrs: T on the 2nd

WIND, mph
Avg. uncorrected wind speed: 12.9 mph
Avg. corrected wind speed:   13.2 mph
Prevailing wind direction:   SSW [14%] Peak gust and direction:     81 SSE on the 30th

SUNSHINE:
Campbell-Stokes card minutes: 9066 minutes of a possible 17010 or 53%
Astronomical total minutes: 9382 minutes of a possible 17593 or 53%

Today’s Observations:

7 A.M.
Weather: Broken altocumulus and cirrostratus, few
stratocumulus
Temperature: 21F; Dew Point: 18F; Relative Humidity: 87%
Wind: W at 10 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.80 in Hg; falling then rising
Visibility: 60 miles
6-hr Max temp: 22F
6-hr Min temp: 19F
24-hr Precip: Trace.
24-hr Snow: Trace.
Snow Depth: 1 ins.
BHO SA 1155 140 BKN 220 BKN 60 091/21/18/2810/980/ FEW SC THN
K LYR ALQDS/ 8/856 4/001 50010 10022 20019

10 A.M.
Weather: Broken altocumulus and cirrostratus, few
stratocumulus
Temperature: 25F; Dew Point: 19F; Relative Humidity: 77%
Wind: W at 7 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.78 in Hg; falling steadily
Visibility: 65 miles, thin smoke layer
3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins.
3-hr Snow: 0.0 ins.
BHO SA 1455 140 BKN 220 BKN 65 086/25/19/2807/978/ FEW SC
THN K LYR ALQDS/ 8/856 58005

1 P.M.
Weather: Broken altocumulus
Temperature: 32F; Dew Point: 24F; Relative Humidity: 72%
Wind: SSW at 8 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.72 in Hg; rising, then falling
Visibility: 30 miles, hazy
6-hr Max temp: 32F
6-hr Min temp: 21F
6-hr Precip: 0.00 ins.
6-hr Snow: 0.0 ins.
Snow Depth:  1 ins.
BHO SA 1755 140 BKN 30 068/32/24/2208/972/ HAZY/ 8/070 4/001
56018 10032 20021

SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…….29   NORMAL…..42
MIN…….22   NORMAL…..26
MEAN……26   NORMAL…..34

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL……………….  -8
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH………………. +16 [+1.8 DEGREES/DAY]

HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………39  DEPARTURE…….+8
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………..222  DEPARTURE……-16
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………1195  DEPARTURE…..-305
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….1534  DEPARTURE…..-339

PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY (MPH):
420C/Official…………..24 NW   AT  7:14 P.M.
AEROVANE (south tower)…..25 NW   AT  3:59 P.M.
ASOS…………………..25 NNW  AT  7:02 A.M.
DAVIS #1……………….26 NNE  AT  6:39 A.M.
DAVIS #2 (south tower)…..27 N    AT  6:24 A.M.
RMY……………………28
VECTOR…………………30
MERLIN…………………25

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY:
CONTACTING/OFFICIAL………………………..18 NW   AT   3:42 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………….17 NW   AT   3:53 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #1 AVERAGE……………19 NW   AT   3:52 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #2 AVERAGE……………19 N    AT   6:24 A.M.

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION:
CONTACTING/OFFICIAL……11.5 NW   [276 total miles] ASOS…………………11.1      [266 total miles] DAVIS #1……………..11.9 NW   [286 total miles] DAVIS #2……………..11.8 NW   [283 total miles] RMY………………….11.1 NNW  [265 total miles] VECTOR……………….11.7      [272 total miles]

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST):
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……TRACE  DEPARTURE….-0.17
ASOS………….0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH………….2.81  DEPARTURE….+1.49
ASOS………….2.89
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR………….47.38  DEPARTURE….-0.64
ASOS………..48.33

SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST):
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HOURS ENDING 7 A.M………TRACE  DEPARTURE…..-0.3
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH……………….2.8  DEPARTURE…..+0.4
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON………………9.3  DEPARTURE…..+4.3

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/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

11/01   49/36/43/-3/0.69/0.0/006/01      38 W     AERO 40 W    RMY 39
11/02   40/31/36/-10/T/T/425/69          61 WNW   AERO 62 WNW  RMY 62
11/03   43/29/36/-10/0.00/0.0/473/77     48 WNW   AERO 53 WNW  RMY 48
11/04   54/30/42/-3/0.00/0.0/550/90      30 SSW   AERO 30 SSW  RMY 30
11/05   69/49/59/+14/0.00/0.0/548/90     37 SSW   AERO 40 SSW  RMY 38
11/06   72/55/64/+19/0.00/0.0/394/65     28 SW    AERO 28 SW   RMY M
11/07   75/54/65/+20/0.00/0.0/562/93     21 WSW   AERO 21 WSW  RMY 21
11/08   73/54/64/+20/0.00/0.0/584/97     18 W     AERO 18 W    RMY 19
11/09   74/52/63/+19/0.00/0.0/593/99     20 WSW   AERO 18 WSW  RMY 21
11/10   74/53/64/+20/0.00/0.0/597/100    30 SW    AERO 28 SW   RMY 31
11/11   73/58/66/+23/0.04/0.0/137/23     40 SW    AERO 44 SW   RMY 45
11/12   64/46/55/+12/0.04/0.0/000/00     32 NNW   AERO 31 NNW  RMY 33
11/13   48/38/43/0/0.30/0.0/000/00       22 NW    AERO 21 NW   RMY 25
11/14   49/32/41/-1/0.00/0.0/276/47      26 NW    AERO 28 NW   RMY 29
11/15   58/30/44/+2/0.62/0.0/311/53      60 S     AERO 67 S    RMY 65
11/16   53/39/46/+4/0.00/0.0/526/90      40 WNW   AERO 41 WNW  RMY 43
11/17   47/32/40/-1/0.00/0.0/204/35      28 NW    AERO 28 NW   RMY 30
11/18   32/19/26/-15/0.00/0.0/580/100    40 NW    AERO 46 NW   RMY 43
11/19   44/18/31/-10/0.00/0.0/393/68     37 SW    AERO 39 SW   RMY 43
11/20   63/44/54/+14/0.00/0.0/495/86     33 SSW   AERO 35 SSW  RMY 37
11/21   62/40/51/+11/0.00/0.0/339/59     24 W     AERO 23 W    RMY 27
11/22   45/33/39/-1/T/0.0/006/01         28 SE    AERO 28 SE   RMY 31
11/23   58/32/45/+6/1.77/0.0/000/00      42 WNW   AERO 48 WNW  RMY 46 TSTM
11/24   42/27/35/-4/0.00/0.0/569/100     31 WNW   AERO 32 WNW  RMY 33
11/25   50/26/38/-1/0.01/0.0/017/03      23 SSE   AERO 23 SSE  RMY 26
11/26   58/45/52/+14/0.36/0.0/000/00     36 S     AERO 37 S    RMY 41
11/27   53/46/50/+12/0.00/0.0/056/10     23 WNW   AERO 23 WNW  RMY 23
11/28   52/36/44/+6/T/0.0/180/32         28 WNW   AERO 30 WNW  RMY 27
11/29   52/33/43/+6/0.00/0.0/561/100     21 SSW   AERO 21 SSW  RMY 22
11/30   62/40/51/+14/1.35/0.0/000/00     81 SSE   AERO 82 SSE  RMY 86

DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2020

11/06/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71F SET IN 1959 AND 2015

11/07/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75F,
TIES PREVIOUS RECORD OF 75F SET IN 1938

11/08/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72F SET IN 1938

11/09/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72F SET IN 1975

11/11/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 58F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 56F IN 2002
DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73F,
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68F IN 1984

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/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

12/01   62/40/51/+14/0.61/0.0/…/..      60 S    AERO 67 W    RMY 64
12/02   42/32/37/+1/0.00/0.0/…/..       32 SW   AERO 32 SW   RMY 35
12/03   49/30/40/+4/0.00/0.0/…/..       25 SSW  AERO 25 SSW  RMY 28
12/04   58/40/49/+14/0.06/0.0/…/..      35 SSW  AERO 35 SSW  RMY 37
12/05   42/32/37/+2/2.13/2.8/…/..       58 NNW  AERO 58 NNW  RMY 67
12/06   34/26/30/-5/0.01/T/…/..        E44 WNW  AERO 44 WNW  RMY 49
12/07   33/22/28/-6/T/T/…/..            24 NW   AERO 26 NW   RMY 26
12/08   29/22/26/-8/T/T/…/..            24 NW   AERO 25 NW   RMY 28

12/09 The low since midnight is 24F, the daily normal low is 26F

DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):

RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 9
HIGH 68 IN 1966
LOW -14 IN 1902
PRECIP 3.23 INS. IN 2014
SNOWFALL 10.8 INS. IN 2005
PEAK GUST 66 SE IN 1973

RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 10
HIGH 62 IN 1946
LOW -6 IN 1902
PRECIP 1.67 INS. IN 1907
SNOWFALL 6.0 INS. IN 1905
PEAK GUST 66e SW IN 1940

TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Benjamin Turner