BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2004 TODAY'S DISCUSSION...2 p.m. There's been only 4% of the possible sunshine over the week or seven days from October 19-25, which lowered the monthly percentage to 46% after being 62% through the first half of the month. The temperature averaged 4 degrees below normal for a nine day stretch from October 17-25. Sunshine this morning was covered by clouds before noon and only breaks in the overcast can be seen to our southwest through north early this afternoon. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 8 a.m. clear with cloud bank east visibility 15 miles but 45 miles west-northwest; temp. 37; dewpoint 35; wind nw at 13 mph; six hourly min. temp. 37 deg. BHO SA 1155 CLR 15 199/37/35/3211/012/ SC LYR XTDNG DSNT NNE-DSNT SSE FEW SC NE-E THN F ALQDS VSBY WNW 45 ABV INVSN WND 29V35/ 8/500 52008 10044 20037 11 a.m. partly sunny and 30 miles visibility; temp. 49; dewpoint 38; wind north at 09 mph... BHO SA 1455 25 SCT 30 SCT 30 200/49/38/3508/012/ HAZY VSBY NE 20 SE 12 W-NW 40/ 8/800 50001 2 p.m. overcast with breaks and 45 miles visibility and 50 deg; dewpoint 38; wind north at 08 mph and variable wnw-nne; six hourly max. temp. 51 deg. BHO SA 1755 E28 OVC 45 192/50/38/3507/010/ BINOVC SSW-N SML BINOVC OVHD VSBY E-SE 25/ 8/500 58008 10051 20037 ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 25: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.... 50 NORMAL.....57 MIN.....41 NORMAL.....40 MEAN....46 NORMAL.....49 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....- 7 (-0.5 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........17 NNW AT 2:57 A.M. AEROVANE.........20 NNW AT 2:50 A.M. ASOS.............17 NNW AT 2:50 A.M. DAVIS............17 N AT 2:50 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........11 NNW AT 3:00 A.M. HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...13 NNW AT 2:58 A.M. HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...14 N AT 2:50 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 7.2 NNW ASOS........... 5.8 NNW / 340 deg. DAVIS.......... 7.5 N / 006 deg. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....trace DEPARTURE....-0.15 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........2.47 DEPARTURE....-1.06 ASOS..............2.45 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........44.73 DEPARTURE....+3.60 ASOS.............43.05 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 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/-3/0/195/30 31 MPH NNE 10/21 48/40/44/-6/T/000/00 35 MPH NE Aero 35 MPH NE 10/22 47/41/44/-6/0.12/000/00 30 MPH NNE 10/23 47/40/44/-5/T/006/01 38 MPH NE 10/24 48/43/46/-3/0.24/000/00 31 MPH NNE 10/25 50/41/46/-3/0.04/000/00 17 MPH NNW 10/26 morning low temp. 37 deg. OUR DAILY EXTREMES.... There are no new daily records for October thru 10/25.... Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 26 HIGH 80 IN 1963 LOW 24 IN 1933 PRECIP 1.72 INCHES IN 1894 SNOW 3.0 INCHES IN 1962 WIND 59 MPH SSE IN 1967 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 27 HIGH 83 IN 1963 LOW 21 IN 1936 PRE 1.79 INCHES IN 1886 SNOW 0.1 INCHES IN 1957 WIND 54 MPH WNW IN 1968 Report: by Robert Skilling