BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2005 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME Rain today totaled around one half inch by early afternoon and as the rain continues with temperatures have been between 55 and 59 degrees so far today... Peak wind gusts from the SE and SSE have reached past 40 MPH at times and our peak gust so far is 48 MPH SE at 8:55 A.M. Today's observations: 7 A.M. overcast with 2 miles visibility in light rain, drizzle and fog; temp and dewpoint 57 deg; wind SSE at 23 gusting 36 MPH.... six hourly min. temp. 56 deg; precip. 0.28 inch and 24 hourly precip. 0.28 inch. BHO SA 1155 E3 OVC 2VR-L-F 141/57/57/1520G31/995/ STRA OCNL DRFTNG OVR SMT VSBY 3/4V3 N 1/4 VSBY OCNL LWR PK WND 14031/48/ WND 12V18/ 8/7// 58001 ASOS 60028 MANUAL 6028/ ASOS 70028 MANUAL 70028 10058 20056 10 A.M. overcast with 8 miles visibility in some light fog; temp. 58; dewpoint 57; wind SSE 23 gusting 35 MPH; 3-HOURLY PRECIP: 0.03 inch.. BHO SA 1455 E7 OVC 8 134/58/57/1520G30/993/ CIG RGD HIER CLD LYR OCNL VSB VSBY SW-W 6 AND LWRG VSBY N 9 THN F ALQDS PK WND 1442/1355/ WND 13V18/ 8/7// ASOS 60003 MANUAL 6003/ 1 P.M. overcast with 1 mile variable or 1/4 variable 1.5 miles in modt. rain and fog; temp/dewpoint 58; wind SSE 23 gusting 35 MPH; 6 hourly max. temp. 59; six hourly precip. 0.36 inch... BHO SA 1755 E3 OVC 1VRF 105/58/58/1521G30/984/ STRA DRFTG OVR SMT VSBY 1/4V11/2 PK WND 1530/54/ 8/7// 58029 ASOS 60033 MANUAL 6036/ 10059 20057 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....62 NORMAL.....45 HAZEN 61.8 @ 11:23 A.M. MIN.....49 NORMAL.....30 HAZEN 49.3 @ 12:02 A.M. MEAN....56 NORMAL.....37 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+19 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 78 (+2.5 DEGREES/DAY) HEATING DEGREE DAY UNITS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY.......... 9 DEPARTURE....-19 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.........590 DEPARTURE....-78 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.......1051 DEPARTURE...-210 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE..1261 DIFFERENCE..-139 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........39 SSE AT 12:13 P.M. AEROVANE..........42 SSE AT 12:13 P.M. ASOS..............38 SE AT 7:29 P.M. DAVIS.............41 SE AT 11:35 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY...........31 SSE AT 12:06 P.M. ** MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE........31 SSE AT 11:59 A.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.......30 SE AT 12:14 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...20.2 SE ASOS............21.0 SE [130 deg] DAVIS...........20.0 SE [130 deg] ** last of several occurrences.... PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.28 DEPARTURE....+0.13 ASOS..............0.28 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........4.00* DEPARTURE....-0.49* ASOS..............3.97* [0.01 correction added here] TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........61.62* DEPARTURE...+15.26* ASOS.............60.52*# [0.01 correction added here] #EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28. * 0.02 PRECIP. ADDED TO MANUAL OBS 11/24 FOR DAILY TOTAL OF 0.09 IN. this changes monthly total, departure and also annual and departure SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0 DEPARTURE....-0.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................0.6 DEPARTURE....-1.9 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON...............2.1 DEPARTURE....-0.6 [corrected] 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/0/543/88 37 MPH WNW Aero 39 MPH WNW 11/3 62/36/49/+3/0/0/449/73 50 MPH S Aero 52 MPH S 11/4 69/46/58/+12/0/0/465/76 29 MPH SSE Aero 30 MPH SSE 11/5 71/47/59/+14/0/0/268/44 18 MPH S 11/6 57/49/53/+8/0.25/0/000/00 31 MPH SSW Aero 36 MPH SSW TSTM 11/7 57/45/51/+6/0.01/0/430/71 47 MPH W Aero 48 MPH W 11/8 60/42/51/+7/0/0/265/44 35 MPH W Aero 36 MPH W 11/9 57/34/46/+2/0.20/258/43 36 MPH SSE Aero 41 MPH SSE 11/10 58/32/45/+1/0.46/102/17 37 MPH W Aero 44 MPH W TSTM 11/11 41/29/35/-8/0/0/536/90 29 MPH W 11/12 51/26/39/-4/0/0/594/100 18 MPH W 11/13 62/41/52/+9/0/0/496/84 30 MPH S Aero 37 MPH S 11/14 63/44/54/+12/T/0/524/89 31 MPH WSW Aero 37 MPH WSW 11/15 53/42/48/+6/0.09/0/000/00 22 MPH E 11/16 65/47/56/+14/0.40/0/029/05 54 MPH S Aero 58 MPH S 11/17 47/30/39/-2/0.19/0/506/87 28 MPH W 11/18 38/26/32/-9/0/0/580/100 30 MPH W 11/19 43/26/35/-6/0/0/533/92 23 MPH W 11/20 55/34/45/+5/0/0/542/94 27 MPH SSW Aero 31 MPH SSW 11/21 56/40/48/+8/0.20/0/403/70 25 MPH S 11/22 47/33/40/0/1.78/0/000/00 44 MPH W Aero 50 MPH W 11/23 33/22/28/-11/0.01/0.2/120/21 32 MPH W 11/24 41/22/32/-7/0.09*/0.4/216/38 45 MPH W Aero 48 MPH W 11/25 32/18/25/-14/0/0/545/96 39 MPH W 11/26 35/23/29/-9/0/0/057/10 16 MPH WSW 11/27 42/32/37/-1/T/0/232/41 16 MPH NE 11/28 54/37/46/+9/T/0/017/03 25 MPH SE 11/29 62/49/56/+19/0/0/.../.. 39 MPH SSE * 0.02 PRECIP HAS BEEN ADDED TO TOTAL FOR 11/24 11/30 morning low temp. 55; rainfall 0.28 in. thru 7 a.m. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): ONE NEW DAILY RECORD THIS MONTH.... One new daily rainfall record of 1.78 inches was set this month on November 22, 2005; the previous record was 0.92 inch recorded in 1997. RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 30 HIGH 64 IN 1927 LOW 7 IN 1887, 1929 PRECIP 2.42 INCHES IN 1944 SNOWFALL 10.2 INS IN 1945 PEAK GUST 90 SSW IN 1963 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 1 HIGH 70 IN 2001 LOW 3 IN 1887 PRECIP 1.46 INS. IN 1917 SNOW 2.0 INS. IN 1902 PEAK GUST 72 MPH NW IN 1964 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling