BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 03, 2004

STRONG WINDS TODAY...
Several of our recorders have peak gusts over 50 mph today from the
west-northwest:  Aerovane 55 MPH; Merlin 55 MPH; ASOS 49 MPH;
DAVIS 46 MPH, AND AWS 47 MPH...
Early morning rainfall was 0.13 inch....

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS....

11/3/2004 WED

7 a.m. overcast with very light rain showers and breaks in overcast
distant w-n-ne; visibility 60 to 70 miles; temp. 48; dewpoint 46;
wind nnw 22 gusting 32 mph; six hourly min. temp. 48; 24 hour
precipitation 0.13 inch...

BHO SA 1155 E17 BKN 28 OVC 60RW- 094/48/46/3319G28/981/ FEW LWR STFRA CIG RGD
BINOVC DSNT W-NE-NE VSBY NW 70 LWR SE PK WND 3328/54/ WND 29V36
RB52 PCPN VRY PRESRR/ 8/7// 53025
ASOS 60004 MANUAL 6004/ ASOS 70013 MANUAL 70013 10052 20048

10 a.m. clear with just a few clouds and visibility 70 miles;
temp. 49; dewpoint 33; wind wnw 17 gusting 30 mph...

BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 129/49/33/3015G26/991/ SC ALQDS FEW CI DSNT SSE-SW
PK WND 3037/23/ WND 27V33/ 8/501 51035

1 p.m. clear with few distant clouds and 80 miles visibility;
temp. 51; dewpoint 29; wind wnw 18 gusting 30 mph with a peak
wind this hour to 37 mph wnw; six hour max temp. 51 deg.

BHO SA 1755 CLR 80 144/51/29/3016G26/996/ FEW SC DSNT NW-NNW AND DSNT ESE
FEW CI DSNT S-SW PK WND 2932/20/ 8/501 51015 10051 20046


WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 02:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.... 52    NORMAL.....54
MIN.....36    NORMAL.....38
MEAN....44    NORMAL.....46

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 2
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....- 1

PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........27 S   AT  11:30 P.M.
                   AEROVANE.........30 S   AT  11:30 P.M.
                   ASOS.............26 S   AT  11:30 P.M.
                   DAVIS............31 SSW AT  10:15 P.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........20 S   AT 11:31 P.M.
           HIGHEST ASOS  2 MIN AV...21 S   AT 11:29 P.M.
           HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...25 SSW AT 11:30 P.M.

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..  10.5 S
                   ASOS...........  10.9 SSE  / 160 deg.
                   DAVIS..........  11.0 S   / 175 deg.

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.13   DEPARTURE....-0.02
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE OCT. ..........2.55   DEPARTURE....-1.87
                         ASOS..............2.55
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........44.94   DEPARTURE....+2.62
                         ASOS.............43.28


PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED: 24 HOUR PERIODS ENDING MIDNIGHT EST
DATE  MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST
... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE

11/1  57/39/48/+1/0/0/.../..    35 W  Aero 38 MPH W
11/2  52/36/44/-2/T/0/.../..    27 S
11/3  morning low temp. 46; rainfall 0.13 in.

OUR DAILY EXTREMES....

There were no new daily records for October 2004

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

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 03
HIGH 75 IN 1990
LOW 21 IN 1891
PRECIP 1.92 INCHES IN 1951
SNOWFALL 0.1 IN 1951
PEAK GUST 96e SSE IN 1951

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 04
HIGH 77 IN 1987
LOW 22 IN 1891
PRECIP 3.27 INCHES IN 1910
SNOWFALL 6.4 IN 1945
PEAK GUST 73 WNW IN 1965

Today's report by: Robert Skilling