BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2005 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION..... Saturday's snowfall on 10/29 was 1.5 inches and this total represents the greatest October snowfall since 6.8 inches in 1979. No more rain is expected today and so the final numbers for the wettest Octobers are: 1. 2005 at 14.72 ins. 2. 1996 at 11.76 ins. 3. 1962 at 10.84 ins. WETTEST FOR ANY MONTHS 1. Aug. 1955 at 18.78 ins. 2. June 1998 at 17.32 ins. 3. Oct. 2005 at 14.72 ins. 4. June 1982 at 13.73 ins. WETTEST JANUARY THRU OCTOBERS: 1. 1998 at 67.48 ins. 2. 1996 at 58.46 ins. 3. 2005 at 57.62 ins. 4. 1958 at 54.88 ins. Today's observations: 7 A.M. high thin cirrus clouds and 50 miles visibility; temp. 48; dewpoint 34; wind wsw at 14 mph.. six hourly min. temp. 46 deg. BHO SA 1155 250 -BKN 300 -OVC 50 214/48/34/2412/016/ BINOVC CLR SKY BND DSNT SSE-SSW/ 8/001 53011 10050 20046 10 A.M. high thin cirrus clouds with 50 miles visibility; temp. 57; dewpoint 35; wind SW at 10 mph 1 P.M. high thin cirrus cloudiness with 55 miles visibility; temp. 69; dewpoint 29; wind SW 14 MPH; relative humidity 22% six hourly max. temp. 69 deg. BHO SA 1755 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 55 191/69/29/2212/009/ 8/001 58023 10069 20048 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....64 NORMAL.....55 HAZEN 63.9 @ 2:23 p.m. MIN.....35 NORMAL.....39 HAZEN 34.8 @ 12:26 a.m. MEAN....50 NORMAL.....47 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+ 3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......+30 (+0.8 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........29 W @ 6:00 p.m. ** AEROVANE..........30 W @ 6:00 p.m. ** ASOS..............25 W @ 6:01 p.m. DAVIS.............30 W @ 3:33 p.m. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY...........20 W @ 6:06 P.M. ** MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS SPEED..........20 W @ 6:01 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...16.2 W ASOS............15.7 W [270 deg] DAVIS...........16.7 WNW [290 deg] ** last of several occurrences.... 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 THE MONTH.........14.72 DEPARTURE...+10.15 [corrected] ASOS.............14.88 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........57.62 DEPARTURE...+15.75 [corrected] 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 DEPARTURE....-0.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH..............1.5 DEPARTURE....+1.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE 2005-2006 SEASON...1.5 DEPARTURE....+1.4 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 Aero 34 MPH S 10/8 71/49/60/+6/1.32/000/00 45 MPH 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/-2/0.19/000/00 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 Aero 35 MPH NE 10/15 58/49/54/+2/4.58/000/00 48 MPH NE Aero 47 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 48/34/41/-7/0/.../.. 25 MPH W 10/28 43/36/40/-8/0/.../.. 22 MPH NW 10/29 38/32/35/-12/0.40/1.5/000/00 28 MPH NNW 10/30 64/35/50/+3/0/699/99 29 MPH W 10/31 morning low temp. 46 deg; normal now 39 deg. NEW OCTOBER 2005 DAILY RECORDS... 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. 10/29; NEW RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL is 1.5 inches for the date; previous record a trace in 1902 and 1952 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 31 HIGH 79 IN 1946 LOW 22 IN 1904 PRECIP 3.74 INCHES IN 1991 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1906 PEAK GUST 70e S IN 1945 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 1 HIGH 75 IN 2003 LOW 22 IN 1913,1923 PRECIP 2.93 INCHES IN 1985 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1906,1951 PEAK GUST 78 ESE IN 1997 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Andrew Hoell