BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY OCTOBER 30 2001... PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ NEXT MEETING OF THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY... A joint meeting with the Greater Boston Chapter of the AMS has been scheduled for Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 PM to be held at the Trailside Museum, Milton, MA. Our speaker will be Josh Nichols. The topic of his talk will be "An Intercomparison of A.S.O.S. and Standard Manual Observations at Blue Hill Observatory." PLEASE NOTE: All times are now in Eastern Standard Time unless otherwise noted! DAILY DISCUSSION.....10/30/2001 OCTOBER 2001 -- LIKELY TO BECOME 6TH DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD Here is the list of driest Octobers: 1. 0.22 in 1922 2. 0.39 in 1994 3. 0.50 in 1946 4. 0.61 in 1935 5. 0.63 in 1897 6. 0.74 in 2001 (month not complete yet) ** 7. ** ASOS reports 0.77 inch due to condensate drip TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 10/30/2001 TUE 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 55 SCT 20 276/41/35/3213/035/ FEW CUFRA FRMG NW OCNL SCSL HAZY ALQDS/ 8/800/ 53019 10043 20040 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 45 292/49/29/3315G23/039/ CU FRMG SW-NW SC NE-SE PK WND 3429/20/ WND 30V36/ 8/800/ 51016 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 CLR 80 287/52/22/3211G23/038/ WND 29V35/ 58005 10052 20041 DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 29 .... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 56 MIN: 32 // ASOS MAX: 56 ASOS MIN: 32 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 56/40 MEAN 44 [ - 4] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: +101 degrees Oct. is averaging 3.3 degrees WARMER than normal daily..... PRECIPITATION....ON 10/30 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. ... 0.00 IN. ASOS......................0.00 IN. OCT. TOTAL TO DATE: 0.74 IN. DEP. FROM NORMAL: - 2.91 IN. OCT. SNOWFALL: Trace YEAR 2001 TO DATE: 40.82 {+ 1.90 INS. ] WIND DATA....FOR 10/29 PEAK GUST ASOS: 22 MPH NW AT 11:26 P.M. PEAK GUST: 22 MPH NW AT 11:26 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 23 MPH NW AT 11:35 P.M. DAILY OCT. 2001 DATA....AT BLUE HILL... max/min/mean/dep/precip/snowfall/sun mins/%/pk gust/TSTM = thunderstorm day (Aero = the aerovane wind system ) 10/1 55/49/51/-5/T/000/00/ 29 N 10/2 73/50/62/+5/0/639/91/ 24 W 10/3 78/55/67/+11/0/643/92/ 30 SSW (Aero 32 SSW) 10/4 80/60/70/+14/0/639/92/ 38 WSW (Aero 38 WSW ) 10/5 79/59/69/+13/0/637/92/ 35 SSW 10/6 69/45/57/+2/0.05/214/31/ 55 W (Aero 55 MPH W ) 10/7 54/36/45/-10/0/673/98/ 44 W (Aero 44 MPH W ) 10/8 51/32/42/-12/T/T/636/93/ 39 WNW (Aero 40 MPH WNW) 10/9 59/34/47/-7/0/0/614/90/ 24 SW 10/10 70/45/58/+4/0/0/631/93/ 24 SSW (Aero 26 MPH SSW) 10/11 75/50/63/+10/0/0/608/90/ 27 SSW (Aero 28 MPH SSW) 10/12 76/54/65/+12/0/0/532/79/ 18 SSW 10/13 57/50/54/+1/0.02/0/000/00/ 20 NE 10/14 54/51/53/+1/0.09/0/000/00/ 22 NE 10/15 66/52/59/+7/0.07/0//386/58/ 37 WNW 10/16 67/49/58/+6/0.51/0/556/84/ 31 SSE 10/17 57/45/52/-1/T/0/317/48/ 51 W (Aero 51 MPH W ) 10/18 57/39/48/-3/0/0/649/99/ 38 WSW (Aero 38 MPH WSW ) 10/19 62/36/49/-2/0/0/549/84/ 30 SW 10/20 67/48/58/+7/0/0/462/71/ 27 SSW 10/21 72/49/61/+11/0/0/591/91/ 43 SSW (Aero 45 MPH SSW ) 10/22 68/53/61/+11/T/0/342/53/ 29 SW 10/23 62/47/55/+ 5/0/0/051/08/ 35 SSE 10/24 77/61/69/+20/0/0/378/59/ 22 SSW (Aero 25 MPH SSW) 10/25 75/54/65/+16/T/0/198/31/ 39 W (Aero 38 MPH W ) 10/26 58/40/49/0/0/0/476/75/ 33 WSW (Aero 34 MPH WSW) 10/27 52/36/44/-4/0/0/392/62/ 29 W (Aero 28 MPH W ) 10/28 48/34/41/-7/0/0/554/88/ 27 NNW (Aero 27 MPH NNW ) 10/29 56/32/44/-4/0/0/602/96/ 22 NW (Aero 23 MPH NW ) 10/30 morning lo 40; maximum thru 1 p.m. 52 we have 12969 mins. (216.2 hours) of sunshine for the month to date or 67% of possible bright sunshine.... RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 30 HIGH 75 IN 1946,1989 LOW 21 IN 1928 PRECIP 1.85 INS 1917 SNOWFALL 0.6 IN 2000 PEAK GUST 66 MPH NW IN 1963 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 31 HIGH 79 IN 1946 LOW 22 IN 1904 PRECIP 3.74 INS 1991 (Halloween Howler) SNOWFALL: Trace IN 1906 PEAK GUST 70e MPH S IN 1945 e = estimated Robert Skilling