BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2014    ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   SKIES CLEARED OVERNIGHT AFTER BIG NOR'EASTER   Finally sunshine after a long cloudy spell so it's back to pleasant much milder October weather.   The new records for dates below will be figured out  before month's end.   RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 22 PRECIP 1.37 INCHES IN 1898   RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 23 PRECIP 2.18 INCHES IN 1956 Today's Observations:   7 A.M. Weather: Scattered dense cirrus (2 levels), thin broken cirrus, patches of altocumulus and altocumulus lenticularis distant W-NNE, patches of dense cirrus all quadrants  Temperature: 43F; Dew Point: 39F; Wind: W at 12 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.77 ins. Hg, rising slightly               Visibility: 60 miles, NW 75 miles, light distant haze 6-hr max temp: 44F 6-hr min temp: 41F 24-hr precip: trace BHO SA 1155 200 SCT 220 SCT 250 -BKN 60 081/43/39/2712/977/ PTCHS AC XTDNG DSNT W-NNE PTCHS DNS CI VSBY NW 75/ 8/042 53004 10044 20041   10 A.M. Weather: Thin scattered cirrus, few lower cirrus and a few cirrocumulus and cirrocumulus lenticularis  Temperature: 55F; Dew Point: 42F; Wind: W at 7 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.74 ins. Hg, falling then more quickly  Visibility: 70 miles, NW 75 miles light distant haze   BHO SA 1455 220 SCT 250 -SCT 70 070/55/42/2607/974/ SML PTCH ACSL DSNT W FEW CC/CCSL VSBY NW 75 LGT DSNT HZ/ 8/041 58011    WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014    TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....52   NORMAL.....58 MIN.....43   NORMAL.....40 MEAN....48   NORMAL.....49   DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........................-1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH........................+65 [+2.5 DEGREES/DAY]   HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............17  DEPARTURE...........+1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............236  DEPARTURE..........-63     TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............337  DEPARTURE.........-104 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......339  DIFFERENCE..........-2   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY..................25 NNW AT   2:38 A.M.                    ASOS.......................27 NNW AT   2:38 A.M.                      DAVIS......................23 N   AT  12:09 A.M. RMY N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY....................16 NNW AT  10:08 A.M.    MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.................17 NNW AT  10:08 A.M.   MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE................16 NNW AT  12:22 A.M.   AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.............11.7 NW                                            ASOS......................11.8                     DAVIS......................9.7 NW (320 degrees)  * Last of several occurrences                   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....trace DEPARTURE........-0.15                          ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........9.86  DEPARTURE........+6.26                              ASOS..............9.99  TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........41.45  DEPARTURE........-1.23                          ASOS.............41.79     PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/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   10/1  56/55/56/-1/1.63/000/00              33 NE  RMY 36 10/2  55/47/51/-6/0.29/000/00              30 NE  RMY N/A   10/3  54/46/50/-6/0.05/000/00              20 NE  RMY 20 10/4  63/52/58/+2/0.30/000/00              30 SE  RMY 32 10/5  60/45/53/-3/0.00/658/95              26 W   RMY 28 10/6  66/42/54/-1/0.00/669/97              25 SSE RMY N/A 10/7  72/54/63/+8/0.01/281/38              43 S   RMY 49 10/8  72/53/63/+9/0.01/562/82              40 S   RMY N/A 10/9  64/48/56/+2/0.00/648/95              35 W   RMY 39 10/10 63/43/53/-1/0.00/489/72              23 W   RMY N/A 10/11 50/43/47/-6/0.35/000/00              15 N   RMY N/A 10/12 60/40/50/-3/0.00/681/100             20 NW  RMY N/A 10/13 61/45/53/+0/0.00/054/08              23 S   RMY 25 10/14 75/58/67/+15/0.00/448/67             29 S   RMY 31 10/15 79/62/71/+18/0.02/.../..             32 SSW RMY 36 10/16 70/60/65/+14/0.60/000/00             37 S   RMY 41  10/17 71/57/64/+13/0.00/.../..             28 SW  RMY 30 10/18 71/52/62/+11/0.24/.../..             28 WNW RMY 30 TSTM  10/19 55/39/47/-3/0.00/.../..              28 NW  RMY 29 10/20 56/33/45/-5/0.00/.../..              23 SW  RMY 25 10/21 61/49/55/+5/..../.../..              17 NNE RMY N/A 10/22 54/48/51/+2/..../000/00              58 NE  RMY 58 TSTM 10/23 53/47/50/+1/..../000/00              43 N   RMY N/A 10/24 52/43/48/-1/..../000/00              25 NNW RMY N/A   10/25 morning low temp: 41F since midnight; normal low now 40F   DAILY RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 2014: 10/1 - A NEW RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION OF 1.63 INCHES;         surpasses the previous record of 1.44 ins. in 1984   10/22/23 NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS YET TO BE DETERMINED        DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):       RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 25 HIGH 81F IN 1963 LOW 26F IN 1922,1939 PRECIP 2.45 INCHES IN 2005 SNOWFALL 1.2 INCHES IN 1960 PEAK GUST 72 MPH ESE IN 1980   RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 26 HIGH 80F IN 1963 LOW 24F IN 1933 PRECIP 1.72 INCHES IN 1894 SNOW 3.0 INCHES IN 1962 WIND 59 MPH SSE IN 1967   TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling