BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 THURSDAY OCTOBER 31 2002 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! DISCUSSION FOR TODAY AT NOON COLDEST OCTOBER SINCE 1992 OR 1993.... AS THE COLD WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY DESPITE BRIGHT SUNSHINE.. ..MORNING LOW WAS 28 DEGREES...COLDEST OF THE SEASON TO DATE... There was no sunshine recorded for October 30th and the high temperature of only 40 degrees was 15 degrees below normal. Yesterday was the 6th day this month to average 10 or more degrees colder than normal. October is now averaging 2 degrees COLDER THAN NORMAL and will become our coldest October in the past 10 years. We've recorded 53% of the possible bright sunshine through October 30th; this is just a couple points below the long term October normal of 55%. THE OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.... 10/31/2002 THU 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 250 -SCT 70 159/29/21/3511/000/ SC ALG/OFFSHR NE-SE AC ESE-SW VSBY SE 25/ 8/531/ 51018 10032 20028 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 166/42/25/0304/002/ SC ALG/OFFSHR NNE-SSE FEW CI ALQDS THN K LYR SW-NNE WND LGT/ 8/501/ 51007 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 CLR 80 151/46/19/0107/998/ FEW SC DSNT E-S FEW DSNT CI/ 8/501/ 58015 10046 20029 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 40 MIN: 33 ASOS MAX: 40 ASOS MIN: 33 MEAN: 37 [-10 ] OCTOBER DEPARTURE TO DATE: - 54 deg. NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 55/39/47 OCTOBER AVERAGE: 2.0 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR 10/31 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.00 INS. ASOS......................0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR 10/26...........1.56 INS. (standard gage )(ASOS 1.46 ) OCTOBER TOTAL ...........4.00 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.27 INS. OCTOBER ASOS TOTAL........3.83 INS. TOTAL OCTOBER SNOWFALL....1.3 INS. * * most snow during ANY OCTOBER since 6.8 inches in 1979... PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...39.48 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....-2.39 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR 2002....... n/a WIND DATA FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30, 2002 PEAK GUST ASOS: 20 MPH NNE AT 9:17 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 22 MPH NNE AT 9:17 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 21 MPH NNE AT 9:17 A.M. OCT. 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significantly higher TSTM = thunderstorm day ASOS TWO MINUTE MAXIMUM WIND ON THE RIGHT FROM THE ASOS IS OUR AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) 10/1 78/58/68/+11/0/649/92/ 29 SW " " = 23 SW 10/2 83/63/73/+16/0.01/618/88/ 27 WSW " " = 21 WSW 10/3 69/50/60/+4/0.07/007/01/ 28 ENE " " = 21 NE 10/4 64/49/57/+1/0.01/028/04/ 32 SE " " = 26 SSE 10/5 78/54/66/+11/0.03/430/62/ 44 S " " = 35 SSE ** 10/6 60/48/54/-1/0/683/99/ 27 NE " " = 20 ENE 10/7 68/49/59/+4/TRACE/206/30 31 NW " " = 25 SSW *** 10/8 57/42/50/-4/0/651/95/ 23 NNW " " = 17 NW 10/9 55/38/47/-7/0/007/01/ 18 SE " " = 14 SE 10/10 60/47/54/+1/0/204/30/ 18 ESE " " = 17 E 10/11 56/50/53/+0/0.18/000/00/ 32 E " " = 22 E 10/12 55/53/54/+1/0.44/000/00/ 37 ENE " " = 26 ENE 10/13 56/54/55/+2/0.35/000/00/ 28 NE " " = 20 NE 10/14 54/37/46/-6/0/655/98/ 33 NW " " = 26 NW 10/15 51/33/42/-10/0/473/71/ 20 ESE " " = 20 ESE 10/16 62/44/53/+2/1.08/000/00/ 59 E " " = 40 ENE **** 10/17 62/43/53/+2/627/95/ 43 WSW " " = 35 W 10/18 55/41/48/-3/631/96/ 27 WNW " " = 21 W 10/19 59/41/50/T/203/31/ 48 S " " = 37 S AERO 52 MPH S 10/20 56/41/49/-1/0/574/88/ 31 W " " = 25 W 10/21 52/34/43/-7/0/539/83/ 25 W " " = 20 NW 10/22 50/30/40/-10/0/466/72/ 16 NW " " = 13 WNW 10/23 43/31/37/-12/0.27/232/36/ 25 NNW " " = 21 NNW snowfall 1.3 ins. 10/24 48/29/39/-10/0/603/94/ 17 WNW " " = 15 NW 10/25 48/31/40/-9/0/581/91/ 20 E " " = 17 E 10/26 51/40/46/-2/1.56/000/00/ 32 NW " " = 24 NW 10/27 56/39/48/0/0/520/82/ 33 WNW " " = 28 WNW 10/28 50/33/42/-6/0/599/95/ 27 WNW " " = 20 NW 10/29 43/29/36/-11/0/414/66/ 23 NNW " " = 16 N 10/30 40/33/37/-10/0/000/00 22 NNE " " = 14 N 10/31 morning low 28; normal low is 39 deg. ** Aero peak gust 47 MPH S *** Aero peak gust 36 MPH NW **** Aero peak gust 60 MPH E RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 31 HIGH 79 IN 1946 LOW 22 IN 1904 PRECIP 3.74 INCHES IN 1991 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1906 PEAK GUST 70e S IN 1945 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 01 HIGH 74 IN 1956,1971,1974,1982 LOW 22 IN 1913,1923 PRECIP 2.93 INCHES IN 1985 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1906,1951 PEAK GUST 78 ESE IN 1997 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 02 HIGH 81 IN 1950 LOW 22 IN 1965 PRECIP 1.67 INCHES IN 1970 SNOWFALL 0.2 IN 1906,1951 PEAK GUST 63 WSW IN 1973 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 03 HIGH 75 IN 1990 LOW 21 IN 1891 PRECIP 1.92 INCHES IN 1951 SNOWFALL 0.1 IN 1951 PEAK GUST 96e SSE IN 1951 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 04 HIGH 77 IN 1987 LOW 22 IN 1891 PRECIP 3.27 INCHES IN 1910 SNOWFALL 6.4 IN 1945 PEAK GUST 73 WNW IN `965 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 05 HIGH 76 IN 1994 LOW 18 IN 1908 PRECIP 4.26 INCHES IN 1955 SNOWFALL 8.0 IN 1894 PEAK GUST 63e S IN 1950 / S IN 1983 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 06 HIGH 71 IN 1959 LOW 22 IN 1951 PRECIP 1.72 INCHES IN 1907 SNOWFALL 1.0 IN 1967 PEAK GUST 63 W IN 1973 e = estimated peak gust Robert Skilling