BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19, 2005 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....2 P.M. A lot of high cloudiness today but sunshine through the clouds and once again mild temperatures. Only four days this month have had slightly cooler than normal temperatures and October continues to average more than 4 degrees warmer than normal. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. sunshine through high clouds with visibility 55 miles; temp. 48; dewpoint 43; wind WSW at 12 mph; six hourly min. temp. 46 deg; 24 hourly precip. trace BHO SA 1155 220 SCT 250 -BKN 300 -BKN 55 109/48/43/2510/985/ SC DSNT WNW-NW ALG HRZN AC/FEW ACSL DSNT WSW-N VSBY W-NW 45/ 8/541 53016 10049 20046 11 A.M. sunshine through high clouds with visibility 80 miles; temp. 59; dewpoint 43; wind W at 12 mph... BHO SA 1455 80 SCT 150 SCT 200 SCT 250 -BKN 300 -BKN 80 111/59/43/2610/986/ AC CHAOTIC DENSE CI SW-N/ 8/072 50002 2 P.M. sunshine through high clouds with visibility 70 miles; temp. 64; dewpoint 43 ; wind SSW 13 mph; 6-hourly max. temp. 64 deg. BHO SA 1755 200 SCT 250 -BKN 70 085/64/43/2011/978/ DENSE CI W-N/ 8/002 58026 10064 20048 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 18: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX......64 NORMAL.....60 HAZEN 64.2 @ 2:55 p.m. MIN......43 NORMAL.....43 HAZEN 43.0 @ 4:37 a.m. MEAN.....54 NORMAL.....51 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 84 [+ 4.5 deg. WARMER THAN NORMAL ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........42 W AT 3:50 P.M. AEROVANE.............................42 W AT 3:50 P.M. ASOS..................................... 37 W AT 3:50 P.M. DAVIS......................................39 WSW AT 3:46 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.............. N/A MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.........29 W AT 3:28 P.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE....... 30 W AT 3:28 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.... 15.3 W ASOS.......................................................... 15.0 WSW [240 deg] DAVIS......................................................... ...15.3 WSW [250 deg ] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....trace DEPARTURE......-0.14 ASOS.............. 0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR OCT ..............10.35 DEPARTURE......+7.86 ASOS..............10.51 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR........ 53.25 DEPARTURE.....+13.31 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/+1/0.15/000/00 40 MPH NE 10/14 56/53/55/+3/2.25/000/00 37 MPH NE 10/15 58/49/54/+2/4.58/000/00 34 MPH NE 10/16 58/48/53/+2/0/331/50 55 MPH WSW Aero 57 MPH W 10/17 60/44/52/+1/0/.../.. 47 MPH W Aero 49 MPH W 10/18 64/43/54/+3/0.03/.../.. 42 MPH W Aero 42 MPH W 10/19 morning low temp. 46; normal now 42 deg. 10/15; NEW RECORD RAINFALL is 4.58 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 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 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 20 HIGH 78 IN 1965,1984 LOW 24 IN 1972 PRECIP 7.10 INCHES IN 1996 (RECORD FOR MONTH) SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1934,1943 PEAK GUST 63 MPH W IN 1966 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling