BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME THURSDAY OCTOBER 27, 2005 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....2 P.M. The sky clouded over by noon today and is overcast with a few breaks early this afternoon. Today marks the 8th consecutive day with below normal temperatures and after a warm start to October averaging 4 degrees above normal through the 19th, we now find the departure down to +1.9 degrees through twenty- six days and continuing to decline. The heavy rainstorm at mid-month, October 14-15, brought 6.23 inches in a 24-hour period. This amount appears to rank as the 4th greatest amount of rainfall for any 24-hour period on record. 1. Aug. 1955....9.93 ins. 2. Oct. 1996....7.41 ins. 3. Mar. 1968....6.62 ins. 4. Oct. 2005...6.23 ins. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. broken clouds with 60 miles visibility; temp. 36; dewpoint 32; wind west at 12 mph; six hourly min. temp. 34 deg. BHO SA 1155 E80 BKN 60 179/36/32/2610/006/ SC/CUFRM TOPS ALG OFFSHR DSNT NE-E AND ALG HRZN DSNT SE-SSW/ 8/530 51025 10036 20034 11 A.M. scattered clouds and visibility 70 miles; temp. 45; dewpoint 33; wind northwest at 12 mph; mountain in cloud 70 miles northwest BHO SA 1455 26 SCT 70 189/45/33/3110/009/ SC FRMG ALQDS MTN INCLD 70 NW WND 26V33/ 8/500 50010 2 P.M. overcast with a few breaks and visibility 75 miles; temp. 46; dewpoint 32; wind west at 10 mph; six hourly max. temp. 48 deg. BHO SA 1755 E45 BKN E55 OVC 75 196/46/32/2709/011/ FEW LWR CU FEW BINOVC/ 8/8// 51007 10048 20036 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.. ...47 NORMAL.....57 HAZEN 47.9 @ 1:52 P.M. MIN......35 NORMAL.....40 HAZEN 34.8 @ 7:30 A.M. MEAN.....41 NORMAL.....48 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 7 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 54 [+ 1.9 deg. WARMER THAN NORMAL ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY......... 47 WNW AT 2:47 P.M. AEROVANE............................. 48 WNW AT 2:47 P.M. ASOS..................................... 45 WNW AT 2:47 P.M. DAVIS.......................................47 WNW AT 3:57 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.............. 33 WNW AT 4:05 P.M. ** MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.........33 WNW AT 4:05 P.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE....... 35 WNW AT 3:59 P.M. ** last of several occurrences.... AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..... 16.8 W ASOS.......................................................... 16.7 W [280 deg ] DAVIS......................................................... ...17.1 WNW [290 deg ] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE......-0.15 ASOS.............. 0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR OCT ..............14.32 DEPARTURE.....+10.63 ASOS..............14.46 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR........ 57.22 DEPARTURE.....+16.08 ASOS..............56.13 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 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/+1/0/554/84 47 MPH W Aero 49 MPH W 10/18 64/43/54/+3/0.03/282/43 42 MPH W Aero 42 MPH W 10/19 64/46/55/+4/0/510/78 35 MPH W Aero 36 MPH S 10/20 54/41/48/-2/0/612/94 38 MPH W Aero 40 MPH W 10/21 56/39/48/-2/0/506/78 22 MPH W 10/22 48/39/44/-6/0.78/000/00 44 MPH NE Aero 45 MPH NE 10/23 46/41/44/-5/0.44/000/00 45 MPH NE Aero 46 MPH NE 10/24 47/38/43/-6/0.27/000/00 37 MPH NE Aero 35 MPH NE 10/25 48/37/43/-6/2.45/000/00 67 MPH NNE Aero 67 MPH NE 10/26 47/35/41/-7/T/375/58 47 MPH WNW Aero 52 MPH WNW 10/27 morning low temp. 34 deg; normal low now 40 deg. 10/7; NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE OF 65 DEGREES; previous record was 61 degrees in 1944 and 1946. 10/15; NEW RECORD RAINFALL is 4.58 inches for the date; previous record was 3.12 inches in 1930. 10/25; NEW RECORD RAINFALL is 2.45 inches for the date; previous record 2.24 inches in 1980. DAILY EXTREMES... Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): 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 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 28 HIGH 81 IN 1919 LOW 23 IN 1914 PRECIP 1.92 INCHES IN 1902 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1934,1957,1979 PEAK GUST 71 MPH SSW IN 1995 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling