BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TUESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2005 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....10 A.M. EARLY MORNING SHOWERS BRING VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF RAIN... The sky was beginning to clear late this morning after early morning rain showers brought just 0.03 of an inch. The temperature dropped to 43 degrees early today and was very close to the normal low for the date of 42. The minimum temperatures for the month so far have averaged 52 degrees or about 7 degrees above the normal. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. overcast with small breaks and visibility 15 miles, 8 miles east thru south, 20 miles wnw thin fog; temp. 44; dewpoint 43; wind south 12 mph; six hourly min. temp. 43; 24 hourly precip. 0.03 in. BHO SA 1155 E80 BKN 100 OVC 15 039/44/43/1810/965/ SML BINOVC OVHD-WSW-NNW VIRGA NNW AND E-S THN F ALQDS VSBY E-S 8 WNW 20 RE10B25E45/ 8/070 58003 ASOS 60002 MANUAL 6003/ ASOS 70002 MANUAL 70002 10045 20043 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 17: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX......60 NORMAL.....60 HAZEN 60.3 @ 2:59 P.M. MIN......44 NORMAL.....43 HAZEN 44.0 @ 11:43 P.M. * MEAN.....52 NORMAL.....51 * Eastern Standard Time... DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 81 [+ 4.6 deg. WARMER THAN NORMAL ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........47 W AT 1:24 A.M. AEROVANE.............................49 W AT 1:24 A.M. ASOS......................................41 W AT 1:24 A.M. DAVIS......................................43 W AT 9:33 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.............. 32 W AT 9:33 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.........33 W AT 9:34 A.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE....... 35 W AT 9:33 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.... 19.9 W ASOS.......................................................... 19.2 W [260 deg ] DAVIS......................................................... ...20.9 W [270 deg ] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.03 DEPARTURE......-0.11 ASOS.............. 0.02 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR OCT ..............10.35 DEPARTURE......+8.00 ASOS..............10.51 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR........ 53.25 DEPARTURE.....+13.45 ASOS..............52.18 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 10/1 70/49/60/+3/0/690/98 21 MPH S 10/2 75/52/64/+8/0/681/97 23 MPH SSW 10/3 73/56/65/+9/0/656/94 15 MPH S 10/4 74/55/65/+9/T/382/55 17 MPH S 10/5 78/56/67/+12/0/471/68 17 MPH S 10/6 77/64/71/+16/T/366/53 25 MPH S 10/7 78/65/72/+17/0.03/158/23 31 MPH S 10/8 71/50/61/+7/1.32/000/00 45 MPH NNE/S Aero 50 MPH S 10/9 52/47/50/-4/1.33/000/00 50 MPH NNE Aero 48 MPH NNE 10/10 53/50/52/-2/0.19/000 25 MPH NNE 10/11 54/50/52/-1/0.28/000/00 42 MPH NNE Aero 40 MPH NE 10/12 53/49/51/-2/0.22/000/00 47 MPH NE Aero 45 MPH NE 10/13 54/52/53/+1/n/a/000/00 40 MPH NE 10/14 56/53/55/+3/n/a/000/00 37 MPH NE 10/15 58/49/54/+2/n/a/000/00 34 MPH NE * 10/16 58/48/53/+2/331/50 55 MPH WSW Aero 57 MPH W 10/17 60/44/52/+1/.../.. 47 MPH W Aero 49 MPH W 10/18 morning low temp. 43; normal now 42 deg. * 10/15; NEW RECORD RAINFALL near 4.8 inches for the date; previous record was 3.12 inches in 1930. DAILY EXTREMES... Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 18 HIGH 82F IN 1908 LOW 26F IN 1939 PRECIP 2.79 INCHES IN 1975 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1972 PEAK GUST 66 MPH S IN 1967 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 19 HIGH 81F IN 1945 LOW 21F IN 1922 PRECIP 3.64 INCHES IN 1932 SNOWFALL 1.0 INCHES IN 1972 PEAK GUST 66 MPH SSW IN 1967 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling