BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY  MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014     ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME RAIN COMES TO AN END BEFORE MIDNIGHT, STORM TOTAL OF 1.67 INCHES  Thick fog and two rounds of heavy rain came to an end late last evening, bringing 1.67 inches of rain to Great Blue Hill with locally higher amounts in the region.  Heavy rain fell between 9:00-10:00 AM EST and 4:00-5:00 PM EST, with thunderstorms forming to our south during the 4:00-5:00 PM EST time frame.  Winds peaked out at just 29 MPH officially, along with thick fog finally lifting from the summit during the early morning hours. Yesterday's daily record precipitation of 1.92, set in 1920, was not broken. Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Broken stratocumulus, few cumulus fractus in all directions Temperature: 35F; Dew Point: 32F; Wind: W at 9 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.57 ins. Hg, rising, then more quickly                 Visibility: 70 miles, except 40 miles WSW-W 6-hr max temp: 42F  6-hr min temp: 35F  24-hr precip: 1.31 inches BHO SA 1155 E49 BKN 70 013/35/32/2709/957/ VSBY WSW-W 40 MI FEW CUFRA ALQDS/ 8/500 53013 ASOS 70137 MANUAL 70131 10042 20035 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, few cumulus in all directions, few stratocumulus lenticularis in all directions Temperature: 35F; Dew Point: 23F; Wind: W at 17G24 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.64 ins. Hg, rising, then more slowly       Visibility: 50 miles BHO SA 1455 55 SCT 50 037/35/23/2717G24/964/ FEW CU ALQDS FEW SCSL ALQDS/ 8/800 51024    1 P.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, scattered cirrus fibratus  Temperature: 35F; Dew Point: 17F; Wind: W at 17G26 kts Peak Wind: 26 kts W at 12:55 PM EST Sea-level pressure: 29.65 ins. Hg, rising, then more slowly       Visibility: 60 miles    6-hr max temp: 38F  6-hr min temp: 34F 6-hr precip: 0.00 inches BHO SA 1755 50 SCT 280 SCT 60 040/35/17/2817G26/965/  PK WND 2826/55/ 8/401 51003 10038 20034     SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....52   NORMAL.....50 MIN.....34   NORMAL.....33 MEAN....43   NORMAL.....41 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........................+2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH........................-11 [-0.8 DEGREE/DAY]  HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............22  DEPARTURE...........-2 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............370  DEPARTURE..........+11      TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............792  DEPARTURE.........-130 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......828  DIFFERENCE.........-36 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)  PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY..................29 ENE AT 11:47 A.M.                       ASOS.......................33 E   AT 11:49 A.M.                     DAVIS......................30 ENE AT 11:46 A.M. RMY 31 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY....................26 ENE AT 11:49 A.M.  MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.................28 E   AT 11:47 A.M.  MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE................25 ENE AT 11:47 A.M.  AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION............10.6 ENE                            ASOS.....................10.8                       DAVIS.....................9.4 S (174 degrees)   * Last of several occurrences                    PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....1.31  DEPARTURE.....+1.15                           ASOS..............1.37 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........3.70  DEPARTURE.....+1.03                              ASOS..............3.73   TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........45.25  DEPARTURE.....-1.19                          ASOS.............45.60    SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0  DEPARTURE......-0.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................5.3  DEPARTURE......+4.6  TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON...............5.3  DEPARTURE......+4.3   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/.../..              23 SSW RMY N/A  11/10 58/40/49/+5/0.00/0.0/.../..              17 S   RMY 20 11/11 61/43/52/+9/0.00/0.0/.../..              22 S   RMY 25 11/12 59/40/50/+7/0.00/0.0/.../..              22 W   RMY 25 11/13 49/32/41/-2/0.08/T/.../..                21 NW  RMY N/A 11/14 41/27/34/-8/0.00/0.0/.../..              23 NW  RMY 27 11/15 37/24/31/-11/0.00/0.0/.../..             23 NW  RMY 23 11/16 39/26/33/-9/0.00/0.0/.../..              17 S   RMY 19 11/17 52/34/43/+2/1.67/0.0/000/00              29 ENE RMY 31 11/18 morning low temp: 35F since midnight; normal low now 33F   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 NOVEMBER 18 HIGH 72 IN 1963 LOW 10 IN 1936 PRECIP 1.80 INS IN 1929 SNOWFALL 6.3 INS IN 1980 PEAK GUST 60 SW IN 1987 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 19 HIGH 72 IN 1941 LOW 10 IN 1936 PRECIP 1.92 INCHES IN 1926 SNOWFALL 11.0 INS IN 1986 PEAK GUST 59e E IN 1945 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald