BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY  MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2014     ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME CLEAR MORNING SKIES GIVE WAY TO CLOUDS,  GUSTY WEST WINDS -- NEW PRECIP RECORDS  NOW OFFICIAL  Clear skies at the 7:00 AM EST observation gave way to invading stratocumulus, altocumulus and cirrostratus by mid morning with fairly clear visibility of 70 miles  in most directions. A couple brief and light showers totaling a trace of new precipitation fell between 11 and 12 noon PM EST this morning. After careful analysis of our instrumentation, Blue Hill Observatory has officially broken two back-to-back daily precipitation records for October 22nd and 23rd of this year. The details:  RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 22 PREVIOUS RECORD 1.37 INCHES IN 1898 NEW RECORD 2.38 INCHES IN 2014 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 23 PREVIOUS RECORD 2.18 INCHES IN 1956 NEW RECORD 3.66 INCHES IN 2014   Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Few cumulus distant WNW-N, few altocumulus distant NE-SE, scattered cirrus growing dense Temperature: 49F; Dew Point: 40F; Wind: W at 15 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.48 ins. Hg, rising slightly                Visibility: 70 miles, WSW-NNE 50 miles, light distant haze 6-hr max temp: 53F  6-hr min temp: 48F  24-hr precip: 0.00 BHO SA 1155 200 SCT 70 983/49/40/2715/948/  VSBY WSW-NNE 50 MI FEW CU DSNT WNW-N FEW AC DSNT NE-SE  LGT DSNT HZ WSW-NNE/ 8/164 53003 10053 20048 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, scattered altocumulus, altocumulus lenticularis in all directions, broken cirrostratus Temperature: 55F; Dew Point: 39F; Wind: W at 17G24 kts, Peak Gust: 27 kts WNW @ 09:33 AM EST Sea-level pressure: 29.50 ins. Hg, rising, then more quickly   Visibility: 70 miles, light distant haze    BHO SA 1455 29 SCT 140 SCT 200 BKN 70 990/55/39/2717G24/950/  ACSL ALQDS LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS PK WND 2927/33/ 8/446 53007 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, scattered altocumulus lenticularis, broken altostratus, showers distant WNW Temperature: 55F; Dew Point: 38F; Wind: WNW at 17G25 kts, Peak Gust: 28 kts W @ 11:59 AM EST Sea-level pressure: 29.49 ins. Hg, rising, then falling and lower   Visibility: 80 miles  6-hr max temp: 56F 6-hr min temp: 48F 6-hr precip: Trace BHO SA 1755 37 SCT 55 SCT E100 BKN 80 986/55/38/2917G25/949/  SHWRS DSNT WNW ACSL DSNT SW-NW PK WND 2828/1659/  8/440 58004 MANUAL 6000/ 10056 20048    WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2014   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....63   NORMAL.....57 MIN.....41   NORMAL.....40 MEAN....52   NORMAL.....49 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........................+3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH........................+68 [+2.5 DEGREES/DAY]  HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............13  DEPARTURE...........+1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............249  DEPARTURE..........-67      TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............350  DEPARTURE.........-108 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......362  DIFFERENCE.........-12 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)  PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY..................21 WSW AT  11:47 P.M.                            ASOS.......................23 W   AT  11:48 P.M.                           DAVIS......................21 W   AT   5:25 P.M. RMY N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY....................17 SSW AT   9:27 P.M.        MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.................17 SSW AT   9:48 P.M.                     MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE................17 SSW AT   9:30 P.M.                                       AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.............11.3 W                          ASOS......................11.9                      DAVIS......................9.9 W (261 degrees)   * 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..........9.86  DEPARTURE........+6.11                               ASOS..............9.99   TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........41.45  DEPARTURE........-1.38                          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/+5/0.16/.../..              17 NNE RMY N/A 10/22 54/48/51/+2/2.38/000/00              58 NE  RMY 58 TSTM  10/23 53/47/50/+1/3.66/000/00              43 N   RMY N/A  10/24 52/43/48/-1/0.16/000/00              25 NNW RMY N/A 10/25 63/41/52/+3/0.00/.../..              21 WSW RMY N/A   10/26 morning low temp: 48F since midnight; normal low now 39F   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 - A NEW RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION OF 2.38 INCHES; surpasses the previous record of 1.37 ins. in 1898 10/23 - A NEW RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION OF 3.66 INCHES; surpasses the previous record of 2.18 ins. in 1956         DAILY EXTREMES  Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):      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  RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 27 HIGH 83F IN 1963 LOW 21F IN 1936 PRE 1.79 INCHES IN 1886 SNOW 2.5 INCHES IN 2011 WIND 54 MPH WNW IN 1968 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald