BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2005 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME Discussion.... A MILD DAY AFTER 5 STRAIGHT BELOW NORMAL DAYS.... 54 DEGREES EARLY AFTERNOON.... Just a few small breaks in the overcast today after the early morning dense fog cleared but temperatures are up in the mid-50's early this afternoon. It looks like today will be close to 9 degrees warmer than normal keeping the monthly departure at +2 degrees. Today's observations: 7 A.M. obscurement with fog and 1/16 miles visibility; temp/dewpoint 41; wind E 08 MPH; six hourly precip. trace six hourly min. temp. 37 BHO SA 1155 W3 X 1/16 305/41/41/0807/043/ 8//// 53001 MANUAL 6000/ 10041 20037 10 A.M. overcast with 2 miles visibility in fog; temp. 44; dewpoint 43; WIND E at 09 mph BHO SA 1455 E4 BKN 15 OVC 2F 310/44/43/1008/045/ FEW THN SPTS/BRGHT SPTS IOVC/ 8/6// 51005 1 P.M. overcast with few small breaks and fog visibility 10-15 miles NNW-NE; prevailing visibility 25 miles; but 12 miles NW-N and 35 miles southeast thru southwest; temp. 54; dewpoint 46; wind SE 09 MPH; six hourly max. temp. 54 deg. BHO SA 1755 20 SCT E90 OVC 25 294/54/46/1408/040/ BRGHT SPTS FEW SML BINOVC FG BLO INVSN NNW-NE VSBY NW-N 12 NE 15 SE-SW 35 HAZY/ 8/57/ 58016 10054 20040 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....42 NORMAL.....45 HAZEN 42.0 @ 10:59 A.M. MIN.....32 NORMAL.....31 HAZEN 32.0 @ 6:13 A.M. MEAN....37 NORMAL.....38 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......-1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+50 (+1.7 DEGREES/DAY) HEATING DEGREE DAY UNITS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..........28 DEPARTURE....+ 1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.........562 DEPARTURE....-50 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.......1023 DEPARTURE...-182 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE..1205 DIFFERENCE..-125 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY.........16 NE AT 5:17 P.M. ** AEROVANE..........18 NE AT 5:17 P.M. ** ASOS..............17 NE AT 5:17 P.M. DAVIS.............16 NE AT 5:09 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY...........11 NE AT 5:10 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE........13 NE AT 5:22 P.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.......12 NE AT 5:23 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION....6.5 NE ASOS.............6.8 NE [050 deg] DAVIS............6.2 NE [040 deg] ** 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..........3.70 DEPARTURE....-0.49 ASOS..............3.68 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........61.32 DEPARTURE...+15.07 ASOS.............60.23* *EXCLUDES 3.19 INCHES OF ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION RECORDED FROM 1/23-1/28. SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0 DEPARTURE....-0.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................0.6 DEPARTURE....-1.8 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON...............2.1 DEPARTURE....-0.3 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2005......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available 11/1 70/48/59/+12/0/0/446/72 39 MPH S Aero 40 MPH S 11/2 56/39/48/+2/T/0/543/88 37 MPH WNW Aero 39 MPH WNW 11/3 62/36/49/+3/0/0/449/73 50 MPH S Aero 52 MPH S 11/4 69/46/58/+12/0/0/465/76 29 MPH SSE Aero 30 MPH SSE 11/5 71/47/59/+14/0/0/268/44 18 MPH S 11/6 57/49/53/+8/0.25/0/000/00 31 MPH SSW Aero 36 MPH SSW TSTM 11/7 57/45/51/+6/0.01/0/430/71 47 MPH W Aero 48 MPH W 11/8 60/42/51/+7/0/0/265/44 35 MPH W Aero 36 MPH W 11/9 57/34/46/+2/0.20/258/43 36 MPH SSE Aero 41 MPH SSE 11/10 58/32/45/+1/0.46/102/17 37 MPH W Aero 44 MPH W TSTM 11/11 41/29/35/-8/0/0/536/90 29 MPH W 11/12 51/26/39/-4/0/0/594/100 18 MPH W 11/13 62/41/52/+9/0/0/496/84 30 MPH S Aero 37 MPH S 11/14 63/44/54/+12/T/0/524/89 31 MPH WSW Aero 37 MPH WSW 11/15 53/42/48/+6/0.09/0/000/00 22 MPH E 11/16 65/47/56/+14/0.40/0/029/05 54 MPH S Aero 58 MPH S 11/17 47/30/39/-2/0.19/0/.../.. 28 MPH W 11/18 38/26/32/-9/0/0/.../.. 30 MPH W 11/19 43/26/35/-6/0/0/.../.. 23 MPH W 11/20 55/34/45/+5/0/0/.../.. 27 MPH SSW Aero 31 MPH SSW 11/21 56/40/48/+8/0.20/0/403/70 25 MPH S 11/22 47/33/40/0/1.78/0/000/00 44 MPH W Aero 50 MPH W 11/23 33/22/28/-11/0.01/0.2/.../ 32 MPH W 11/24 41/22/32/-7/0.07/0.4/.../.. 45 MPH W Aero 48 MPH W 11/25 32/18/25/-14/0/0/.../.. 39 MPH W 11/26 35/23/29/-9/0/0/.../.. 16 MPH WSW 11/27 42/32/37/-1/T/0/.../.. 16 MPH NE 11/28 morning low temp. 37 deg. trace of rain daily sunshine will be updated later this week.... DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 28 HIGH 70F IN 1990 LOW 10F IN 1901,1930,1936 PRECIP 1.84 INCHES IN 1889 SNOWFALL 3.0 INCHES IN 1917 PEAK GUST 90 MPH SSW IN 1958 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 29 HIGH 64 IN 1963, 1990 LOW 6 IN 1901 PRECIP 2.69 INCHES IN 1963 SNOWFALL 5.0 INS IN 1995 PEAK GUST 86 SSE IN 1963 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling