BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
 
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008 
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME UNLESS NOTED
 
Today's observations:
 
8 A.M. EDT
Weather: Scattered cirrus
Temperature: 53F, Dew point: 50F,  Wind: NNW at 12 kt
Sea-level pressure: 30.13 inches Hg, rising
Visibility: 15 miles  
6-hourly minimum temperature: 52F
24-hourly rainfall: 0.00 inch
BHO SA 1155 200 SCT 15 202/53/50/3412/013/
K LYR ALNG HRZN SW-N/ 8/004 51023 10056 20052
 
11 A.M. EDT
Weather: Scattered cirrus
Temperature: 61F, Dew point: 48F, Wind: NNE at 12 kt
Sea-level pressure: 30.14 inches Hg, rising
Visibility: 40 miles
BHO SA 1455 200 SCT 40 208/61/48/0312/014/ 8/001 50006
 
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14
 
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....65    NORMAL.....61
MIN.....50    NORMAL.....43
MEAN....58    NORMAL.....52
 
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.............+6
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH............+20 (+1.2 DEGREES/DAY)
 
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............30 SSE AT 3:50 P.M. *    
                   AEROVANE.............28 SSE AT 3:50 P.M.   
                   ASOS.................31   S AT 3:49 P.M.   
                   DAVIS................30   S AT 8:10 P.M.
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............26 SSE AT 3:50 P.M.   
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........23   S AT 3:50 P.M.  
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........23 SSW AT 7:51 P.M.  
                   AVERAGE..............10.5 S
                   ASOS.................10.5
                   DAVIS.................9.4 S [179 deg]
* LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
 
PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00   DEPARTURE.......-0.14
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.62   DEPARTURE.......-1.34
                         ASOS..............0.63
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........43.52   DEPARTURE.......+3.96
                         ASOS.............46.11 #
#  Includes erroneous ASOS precipitation data on 2/13/08.
 
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2008 CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED:
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST
AERO: Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant
TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day)
....: Data not yet available, records not finalized
 
10/1  68/58/63/+6/0.49/120/17     38 SW   TSTM #
10/2  62/46/54/-2/0.12/455/65     45 W
10/3  62/45/54/-2/T/376/54        44 SSW  Aero 43 MPH SSW
10/4  61/40/51/-5/0.00/612/88     32 WSW
10/5  53/45/49/-6/T/000/00        18 WNW
10/6  58/39/49/-6/0.00/303/44     28 WNW
10/7  64/37/51/-4/0.00/687/100    23 WNW
10/8  69/43/56/+2/0.00/581/85     32 S    Aero 30 MPH S
10/9  72/55/64/+10/0.02/510/75    33 WSW 
10/10 69/53/61/+7/0.00/664/98     29 W
10/11 68/49/59/+6/0.00/668/99     20 NNW
10/12 67/47/57/+4/0.00/625/93     21 W
10/13 62/50/56/+4/0.00/308/46     20 NE
10/14 65/50/58/+6/0.00/.../..     30 SSE
 
# Thunderstorm gust 
 
NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR OCTOBER
 
None...
 
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
 
RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 15
HIGH 83F IN 1897
LOW 29F IN 1887,1937
PRECIP 4.58 INCHES IN 2005
SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1961,1972
PEAK GUST 69 MPH W IN 2003
 
RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 16
HIGH 86 IN 1897
LOW 28 IN 1886
PRECIP 2.82 INCHES IN 1974
SNOWFALL (NONE)
PEAK GUST 68e MPH SSE IN 1954 (HURRICANE HAZEL)
 
TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Andrew Hoell