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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2004 VETERANS DAY


South to south-southwest winds have been gusting to 30 to 37 mph
all day with averages near 18 to 24 mph....

The monthly temperatures are now running 3 degrees colder than normal
after daily departures of -13 and -14 for the past two days. Yesterday
morning we recorded a record low temperature of 20 degrees beating the
old record of 21 degrees in 1992.

November continues to be a very sunny month with 75% of the possible
bright sunshine through nine days. Normal for this month is 47%.

TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS...

7 A.M. overcast with 40 miles visibility 40 miles with 45 miles to the
west-northwest and temp. 41; dewpoint 34; wind ssw at 28 gusting to
33 mph; six hourly min. temp. 34 deg.

BHO SA 1155 E150 OVC 40 251/41/34/2024G29/027/ FEW LWR AC/ACSL ALQDS HIER CLDS
VSB BINOVC ALQDS VSBY WNW 45 PK WND 2029/55/ 8/071 58013 10041 20034

10 A.M. overcast high clouds with 35 miles visibility in light haze but
45 miles to the west-northwest and 46 deg; dewpoint 36; wind ssw 22 gusting
to 32 mph; peak wind past hour to 36 mph ssw...

BHO SA 1455 E130 BKN 170 OVC 35 251/46/36/2019G28/027/ FEW LWR AC/ACSL
FEW ACC DSNT NW HIER CLDS VSB PTCHS SNW VIRGA SML BINOVC DSNT WNW-NW
SUN DMLY VSB VSBY WNW 45 LGT HZ ALQDS PK WND 2031/28/ 8/07/ 50000

1 P.M.  overcast with thin spots in the high clouds and visibility of
35 miles and 45 miles west-northwest in light haze; temp. 53; dewpoint of
35 degrees; wind south at 21 gusting to 32 mph; six hourly max. temp. 53 deg;
six hourly min. temp. 41 deg.

BHO SA 1755 130 SCT 150 SCT E180 BKN 220 BKN 250 OVC 229/53/35/1918G28/021/
AC CHAOTIC DENSE CI OVC PTLY THN VSBY WNW 45 LGT HZ ALQDS
PK WND 1929/22/ 8/092 58022 10053 20041

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....39    NORMAL.....52
MIN.....20    NORMAL.....36
MEAN....30    NORMAL.....44

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....-14
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....-27

THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS AVERAGING 2.9 DEG. COLDER THAN NORMAL TO DATE....

PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........35 S  AT  11:09 P.M.
                   AEROVANE.........37 S  AT  11:09 P.M.
                   ASOS.............32 S  AT  11:45 P.M.
                   DAVIS............35 SSW AT 10:50 P.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........26 S   AT  11:07 P.M.
           HIGHEST ASOS  2 MIN AV...26 S   AT  11:07 P.M.
           HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...31 S   AT  11:06 P.M.

AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..  11.6 S
                   ASOS...........  12.6 missing
                   DAVIS..........  12.4 SW  / 225 deg.

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING.7 A.M....0.00   DEPARTURE....-0.16
TOTAL SNOFALL FOR 24 HRS ENDING...7 A.M....0.00
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER ..........0.99   DEPARTURE....-0.53
                         ASOS..............0.99
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER.......TRACE
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........45.80   DEPARTURE....+2.26
                         ASOS.............44.14


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/+1/0/0/594/96       35 W   Aero 38 MPH W
11/2  52/36/44/-2/T/0/086/14       27 S
11/3  52/33/43/-3/0.13/0/461/75    50 WNW Aero 55 MPH WNW
11/4  46/30/38/-8/0.85/0/367/60    32 ESE Aero 32 MPH ESE
11/5  50/39/45/0/0.01/0/554/91     69 W   Aero 69 MPH W
11/6  58/38/48/+3/0/0/364/60       39 SW
11/7  64/44/54/+9/0/0/581/96       45 SSW Aero 46 MPH SSW
11/8  55/32/44/0/T/T/488/81        40 WNW Aero 43 MPH WNW
11/9  38/24/31/-13/0/0/576/96      27 WNW Aero 31 MPH WNW
11/10 39/20/30/-14/0/0/496/83      35 S   Aero 36 MPH S

11/11 morning low temp. 34 deg...

Two new daily records have been established so far this month
with a peak gust of 69 MPH W as a new peak gust for November 5.
A record low minimum temp. of 20 degrees occurred on November 10.

OUR DAILY EXTREMES....

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

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 11
HIGH 68 IN 1984
LOW 17 IN 1956
PRECIP 1.14 INCHES IN 1991
SNOWFALL 2.5 IN 1986
PEAK GUST 64 NW IN 1962

RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 12
HIGH 74 IN 1909
LOW 18 IN 1926
PRECIP 3.25 INCHES IN 1947
SNOWFALL 8.1 INCHES IN 1987
PEAK GUST 79e MPH NW IN 1947

Today's report by: Robert Skilling