BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2005 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION.... STRONG WINDS TODAY BUT MILDER TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN..... Increasing south to south-southwest winds today began gusting to 40 MPH and higher beginning just after 10 a.m. Peak gusts have registered as high as 50 MPH as of 1 P.M. Temperatures reached 60 degrees about noon after a morning low of 36 degrees. October 2005 was a windy month, and one of only a couple months so far this year to average a higher wind speed when compared to the same month in 2004. In fact, this October with a corrected wind speed of 14.5 MPH was the windiest October since 14.7 MPH in 1993. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 7 A.M. high cloudiness mostly thin visibility 50 miles; temp. 39; dewpoint 29; wind ssw at 14 mph; six hourly min. temp. 36 deg. BHO SA 1155 130 SCT 200 SCT 250 -BKN 300 -OVC 50 215/39/29/2112/017/ AC DSSPTNG PST HR FEW PTCHS SNW VIRGA DENSE CI LYR W-N BINOVC DSNT SE-SW/ 8/032 53001 10039 20036 10 A.M. broken high thin clouds with visibility 55 miles; temp. 50; dewpoint 34; wind south 24 gusting 30 mph... BHO SA 1455 E130 BKN 250 -BKN 300 -BKN 55 184/50/34/1821G26/007/ FEW ACSL PK WND 1930/34/ 8/041 58031 1 P.M. scattered high thin clouds and visibility 35 miles but 45 miles wnw; light haze; temp. 61; dewpoint 38; wind south at 29 gusting 43 mph; peak wind 50 mph south past hour; 6 hourly max. temp. 61 deg. BHO SA 1755 250 -SCT 35 129/61/38/1925G37/991/ PTCHS LWR DENSE CI ALQDS LGT HZ PK WND 1943/14/ 56055 10061 20039 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....56 NORMAL.....54 HAZEN 56.0 @ 12:28 p.m. MIN.....39 NORMAL.....38 HAZEN 38.9 @ 11:43 p.m. MEAN....48 NORMAL.....46 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+ 2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..... + 14 [6.8 deg. WARMER than normal] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........37 WNW @ 10:35 a.m. ASOS..............36 WNW @ 10:33 a.m. DAVIS.............35 WNW @ 10:33 a.m. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY...........26 WNW @ 10:35 a.m. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS SPEED..........26 WNW @ 10:35 a.m. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS SPEED.........27 W @ 1:52 p.m. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...14.9 W ASOS............14.5 W [270 deg] DAVIS...........15.2 W [280 deg] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.15 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER...........trace DEPARTURE...- 0.30 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR OCTOBER...........14.72 DEPARTURE...+10.30 ASOS.............14.88 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........57.62 DEPARTURE...+15.45 ASOS.............56.55* *EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28. SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M........0.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR NOVEMBER...............0.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR OCTOBER................1.5 DEPARTURE....+1.3 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2005......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available 11/1 70/48/59/+12/0/0/446/72 39 MPH S Aero 40 MPH S 11/2 56/39/48/+2/T/0/.../.. 37 MPH WNW Aero 39 MPH WNW 11/3 morning low temp. 36 deg; normal now 38 deg. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 3 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 4 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