BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY  MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014      ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME NOVEMBER FINISHES COOLER, WETTER AND SNOWIER THAN NORMAL, DECEMBER BEGINS WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S  November came to a close at midnight with an unseasonably warm overnight low of 49F, well above today's daily minimum of 29F. Yesterday's maximum of 55F was matched by mid morning today with a maximum reading of 63F by the 1:00 PM EST  observation today. Monthly statistics are being compiled below. Please note some of these statistics have yet to be finalized. Check back  in the coming days for final monthly statistics or visit BlueHill.org. NOVEMBER 2014 PRELIMINARY STATS  [Departures are relative to the 1981-2010 normal] TEMPERATURE [deg. F]   Av. Max. 48.0 [-2.0] Av. Min. 32.2 [-1.3] Mean     40.1 [-1.6]  24-hour corr. mean: 40.3 Max. temp. for month: 66 on 5th   Min, temp. for month: 17 on 29th  Total heating degree day units: 737 [+39] Total seasonal heating   units: 1159 [-102]    PRECIPITATION [ins.] Total: N/A Greatest one calendar day: N/A  Greatest in 24 hours N/A Snowfall: 8.7 [+6.4] WIND  Av. wind speed:       13.1 MPH   Av. corr. wind speed: 13.4 MPH  Prevailing direction: W @ 15% SUNSHINE  Total astronomical minutes: N/A Total Campbell Stokes card minutes: N/A Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, scattered cirrus and cirrostratus Temperature: 51F; Dew Point: 42F; Wind: SSW at 15 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.05 ins. Hg, rising, then more quickly                  Visibility: 30 miles, hazy 6-hr max temp: 51F 6-hr min temp: 49F  24-hr precip: 0.00 in.  24-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. Total snow on ground: 0  BHO SA 1155 100 SCT 250 SCT 30 177/51/42/2115/005/  HAZY/ 8/055 53009 10051 20049 10 A.M.  Weather: Clear, few altocumulus distant WSW-NE, few cirrus in all directions Temperature: 59F; Dew Point: 44F; Wind: SW at 15G20 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.07 ins. Hg, rising, then more slowly        Visibility: 30 miles, hazy BHO SA 1455 CLR 30 184/59/44/2215G20/007/  FEW AC DSNT WSW-NE FEW CI ALQDS HAZY/ 8/052 51007 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, broken cirrus, few altocumulus lenticularis distant ENE-SE  Temperature: 63F; Dew Point: 46F; Wind: W at 10 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.06 ins. Hg, falling, then more slowly Visibility: 30 miles, hazy  6-hr max temp: 63F  6-hr min temp: 50F 6-hr precip: 0.00 in. BHO SA 1755 90 SCT E250 BKN 30 178/63/46/2810/006/  FEW ACSL DSNT ENE-SE HAZY/ 8/052 56006 10063 20050 SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2014  TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....55   NORMAL.....45 MIN.....30   NORMAL.....29 MEAN....43   NORMAL.....37 8DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........................+6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.........................-40 [-1.5 DEGREES/DAY]  HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............22  DEPARTURE...........-6 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............737  DEPARTURE..........+39      TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........1159  DEPARTURE.........-102 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......1224  DIFFERENCE.........-65 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)  PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY..................32 SSW AT 10:08 A.M.                        ASOS.......................36 SSW AT 10:09 A.M.                        DAVIS......................34 SSW AT 10:08 A.M. RMY 38  FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY....................28 SSW AT  1:12 P.M.   MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.................28 SSW AT  1:13 P.M.      MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE................37 SSW AT  1:14 P.M.    AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...............18.5 SSW                        ASOS........................18.4                       DAVIS.......................17.0 S (192 degrees)                    PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE.....-0.16                           ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........6.21  DEPARTURE.....+1.45                              ASOS..............6.32   TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........47.76  DEPARTURE.....-0.77                          ASOS.............48.19    SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0  DEPARTURE......-0.2 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................8.7  DEPARTURE......+6.4  TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON...............8.7  DEPARTURE......+6.1   PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/RMY GUST RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system  TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ....: Data not yet available, records not finalized 11/1  45/36/41/-5/0.79/0.0/000/00              35 NNE RMY N/A 11/2  37/32/35/-11/0.29/1.8/000/00             46 NW  RMY 49 11/3  50/30/45/-6/0.00/0.0/584/95              39 WNW RMY 43 11/4  61/44/53/+8/0.00/0.0/208/34              28 SSW RMY 32         11/5  66/50/58/+13/0.00/0.0/006/01             29 SSW RMY N/A   11/6  52/45/49/+4/0.58/0.0/000/00              23 NE  RMY 24 11/7  46/34/40/-5/0.00/0.0/079/13              39 NW  RMY 42 11/8  47/30/39/-5/0.00/0.0/555/92              24 W   RMY 25  11/9  56/38/47/+3/0.00/0.0/204/34              23 SSW RMY N/A  11/10 58/40/49/+5/0.00/0.0/592/99              17 S   RMY 20 11/11 61/43/52/+9/0.00/0.0/358/60              22 S   RMY 25 11/12 59/40/50/+7/0.00/0.0/095/16              22 W   RMY 25 11/13 49/32/41/-2/0.08/T/450/76                21 NW  RMY N/A 11/14 41/27/34/-8/0.29/3.5/442/75              23 NW  RMY 27 11/15 37/24/31/-11/0.00/0.0/569/97             23 NW  RMY 23 11/16 39/26/33/-9/0.00/0.0/012/02              17 S   RMY 19 11/17 52/34/43/+2/1.67/0.0/000/00              29 ENE RMY 31 11/18 44/23/34/-7/0.00/0.0/494/85              33 W   RMY 39 11/19 35/19/27/-14/0.00/0.0/544/94             31 WSW RMY N/A   11/20 47/26/37/-3/0.00/0.0/542/94              35 WSW RMY 41   11/21 34/22/28/-12/0.00/0.0/569/99             31 WNW RMY 39 11/22 43/20/32/-8/0.00/0.0/.../..              32 SW  RMY 36 11/23 58/40/49/+10/0.00/0.0/.../..             26 SW  RMY N/A 11/24 63/43/53/+14/0.60/0.0/.../..             44 S   RMY 53 11/25 61/44/53/+14/0.00/0.0/.../..             28 SW  RMY 30 11/26 44/31/38/+0/..../.../000/00              41 NE  RMY 46 11/27 36/27/32/-6/..../.../.../..              29 N   RMY N/A 11/28 32/21/27/-11/..../.../.../..             29 WNW RMY 32 11/29 32/17/25/-12/0.00/0.0/.../..             17 S   RMY N/A 11/30 55/30/43/+6/0.00/0.0/.../..              32 SSW RMY 38 12/1 morning low temp: 49F since midnight; the normal low is now 29F   DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2014: 11/2  - A NEW RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL: 1.8 INCHES; surpasses the previous record of 0.2 ins. in 1906, 1951 11/14 - DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD EQUALED: 3.5 INCHES;         ties previous record on this date in 1997           DAILY EXTREMES  Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):      RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 1 HIGH 70 IN 2001 LOW 3 IN 1887 PRECIP 1.46 INS. IN 1917 SNOW 2.0 INS. IN 1902 PEAK GUST 72 MPH NW IN 1964 RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 2 HIGH 61 IN 1998 LOW 3 IN 1890 PRECIP 2.09 INS. IN 1974 SNOWFALL 5.0 INS. IN 1894, 1929 PEAK GUST 89e MPH SSE IN 1942 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald