BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY OCTOBER 22, 2004 TODAY'S DISCUSSION...11 A.M. Low clouds and light rain showers have been the theme this morning with a another chilly day. Temperatures are just rising into the mid 40s late this morning. Winds that were gusty overnight diminished this morning, but have since increased in the last hour with a peak gust of 31 MPH NE at 10:43am EDT. Rainfall for the 3 hours ending 11am has totalled 0.05". TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 8 a.m. overcast with 35 miles visibiity and 43 degrees; dewpoint 41; wind north 12 mph; six hourly min. temp. 42 deg... BHO SA 1155 E12 BKN 50 OVC 35 251/43/41/3510/027/ FEW LWR SC E-SE VSBY 20 NE-E 50 W-NW REUKN/ 8/5// 53003 6001/ 70001 10044 20042 11 a.m. overcast with light rain showers and 7 miles visibility; temp. 46; dewpoint 44; wind ne at 22 gusting to 31 mph.... 0.05" of precipitation past 3 hours... BHO SA 1455 E12 OVC 7RW- 251/46/44/0319G26/027/ CIG RGD VSBY 10 NW-N 5 S-SW PK WND 0327/43/ 8/5// 51000 6005/ ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY OCTOBER 21: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.... 48 NORMAL.....58 HAZEN SHELTER 48.1 MIN.....40 NORMAL.....41 HAZEN SHELTER 40.2 MEAN....44 NORMAL.....50 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+10 (+0.3 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........35 NE AT 9:09 P.M. AEROVANE.........35 NE AT 9:09 P.M. ASOS.............31 NE AT 8:57 P.M. DAVIS............35 NE AT N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........24 NE AT 9:32 P.M. HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...22 NE AT 9:51 A.M. HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...24 NE AT N/A AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 12.9 NE ASOS........... 12.8 NE / 030 deg. DAVIS.......... 12.9 NE / 040 deg. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.01 DEPARTURE....-0.13 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........2.08 DEPARTURE....-0.86 ASOS..............2.06 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........44.34 DEPARTURE....+3.80 ASOS.............42.66 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: 24 HOUR PERIODS ENDING MIDNIGHT EST DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE * * sunshine data updated thru 10/15.... 10/1 68/51/60/+3/0/591/84 16 MPH ESE 10/2 68/52/60/+4/0.01/056/08 22 MPH S 10/3 59/46/53/-3/0/621/89 27 MPH NNW 10/4 68/46/57/+1/0/626/90 23 MPH W 10/5 55/40/48/-7/0/665/96 32 MPH NW Aero 35 MPH NW 10/6 61/37/49/-6/0/669/97 23 MPH SSW 10/7 71/46/59/+4/0/653/95 17 MPH WSW 10/8 74/54/64/+10/0/650/95 23 MPH S 10/9 71/56/64/+10/0/143/21 28 MPH S 10/10 66/48/57/+3/T/251/37 27 MPH NW 10/11 62/45/54/+1/0/412/61 30 MPH WNW Aero 35 MPH WNW 10/12 59/45/52/-1/0.06/155/23 35 MPH WNW Aero 39 MPH WNW 10/13 69/41/55/+3/0/637/95 22 MPH WSW 10/14 57/46/52/0/0.08/040/06 28 MPH NNE 10/15 59/54/57/+5/0.93/000/00 23 MPH N 10/16 62/47/55/+4/0.30/450/68 39 MPH SW Aero 42 MPH SW Davis 41 MPH SSW 10/17 55/41/48/-3/0/495/75 32 MPH SSW Aero 36 MPH SW 10/18 56/39/48/-3/0/498/78 29 MPH W 10/19 47/43/45/-6/0.69/000/00 29 MPH NE 10/20 50/43/47/-3/0/.../.. 31 MPH NNE 10/21 48/40/44/-6/T/.../.. 35 MPH NE Aero 35 MPH NE 10/22 Morning low 42 degrees OUR DAILY EXTREMES.... There are no new daily records for October thru 10/21. Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 22 HIGH 85 IN 1979 LOW 22 IN 1940 PRECIP 1.37 INCHES IN 1898 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1969 PEAK GUST 67 MPH ESE IN 1988 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 23 HIGH 82 IN 1947 LOW 24 IN 1969 PRECIP 2.18 INCHES IN 1956 SNOWFALL 3.0 INCHES IN 1891 PEAK GUST 78e MPH NW IN 1941 Today's report: Matt Douglas