BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2005 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....2 P.M. Gusty west winds up to near 40 MPH at times today with partly sunny sky and visibility up to 80 miles. We could see the snow capped summit of Grand Monadnock 70 miles to our northwest when it wasn't cloud capped. THE NOR'EASTER RAINFALL TOTAL FOR 10/24-25 WAS 2.72 INCHES NEW RECORD DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL FOR 10/25 IS 2.45 INCHES OCTOBER 2005 NOW WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AND THIRD WETTEST FOR ANY MONTH ON RECORD! PEAK WIND GUSTS FOR OCTOBER 25: PEAK GUST TO 67 MPH NNE [030 deg] AT 10:56 A.M. (420C wind system) OTHER WIND RECORDING SYSTEMS: ASOS PEAK GUST 61 MPH NE AT 10:13 A.M. AEROVANE 67 MPH NE [040 deg] AT 10:13 A.M. MAXIMUM, INC Merlin 65 MPH NE Maestro: 68 MPH Davis: 63 MPH NE AT 10:55 A.M. AWS: 67 MPH ENE The daily rainfall total of 2.45 inches for October 25, 2005, surpasses the previous record for the date of 2.24 inches recorded in 1980. The October 2005 rainfall total of 14.32 inches surpasses the previous record of 11.76 inches in 1976. In addition, the total for this month of 14.32 inches ranks this month as our third wettest for any month on record. 1. 18.78 ins. in August 1955 2. 17.32 ins. in June 1998 3. 14.32 ins. in October 2005 4. 13.73 ins. in June 1982 5. 13.07 ins. in March 2001 TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 8 A.M. cloudy and 50 miles visibility with 35 degrees; dewpoint 35; wind w at 15 mph; six hourly min. temp. 35; six hourly precip: trace; 24 hourly precip. 1.29 ins. BHO SA 1155 E5 BKN 40 BKN 85 OVC 50 965/35/35/2613/943/ FEW STRA OCNL OVR SMT AND DRFTG BLO SMT SML BINOVC W/ 8/67/ 53016 MANUAL 6000/ ASOS 70129 MANUAL 70129 10037 20035 11 A.M. overcast with breaks and visibility 80 miles, mountain snow capped 70 NW; temp. 46; dewpoint 33; wind west at 21 gusting to 31 mph BHO SA 1455 E21 OVC 80 985/40/33/2718G27/949/ BINOVC MTN 70 NW SNOW CAPPED PK WND 2636/37/ 8/5// 53020 2 P.M. broken clouds with 80 miles visibility but mountain in cloud and with virga 70 NW; temp. 46; dewpoint 33; wind w at 23 gusting 36 mph; six hourly max. temp. 46 deg. BHO SA 1755 E33 BKN 120 BKN 80 016/46/33/2820G31/958/ FEW ACSL N VIRGA/MTN INCLD 70 NW PK WND 2732/22/ WND 24V31/ 8/540 53027 10046 20035 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 25: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.. ...48 NORMAL.....57 HAZEN 48.0 @ 6:48 A.M. MIN......37 NORMAL.....40 HAZEN 37.0 @ 11:58 P.M. ** MEAN.....43 NORMAL.....49 ** Eastern Standard Time... DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....- 6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 61 [+ 2.2 deg. WARMER THAN NORMAL ] PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY......... 67 NNE AT 10:56 A.M. AEROVANE.............................67 NE AT 10:13 A.M. ASOS..................................... 61 NE AT 10:13 A.M. DAVIS.....................................63 NE AT 10:55 A.M. AWS.......................................67 ENE FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.............. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.........41 NE AT 10:42 A.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE....... 40 NNE AT 12:04 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.... 25.5 NNE ASOS.......................................................... 24.2 NNE [020 deg] DAVIS......................................................... ...24.0 NNE [020 deg ] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EDT) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....1.29 DEPARTURE......+1.14 ASOS.............. 1.29 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR OCT ..............14.32 DEPARTURE.....+10.78 ASOS..............14.46 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR........ 57.22 DEPARTURE.....+16.23 ASOS..............56.13 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 10/1 70/49/60/+3/0/690/98 21 MPH S 10/2 75/52/64/+8/0/681/97 23 MPH SSW 10/3 73/56/65/+9/0/656/94 15 MPH S 10/4 74/55/65/+9/T/382/55 17 MPH S 10/5 78/56/67/+12/0/471/68 17 MPH S 10/6 77/64/71/+16/T/366/53 25 MPH S 10/7 78/65/72/+17/0.03/158/23 31 MPH S 10/8 71/50/61/+7/1.32/000/00 45 MPH NNE/S Aero 50 MPH S 10/9 52/47/50/-4/1.33/000/00 50 MPH NNE Aero 48 MPH NNE 10/10 53/50/52/-2/0.19/000 25 MPH NNE 10/11 54/50/52/-1/0.28/000/00 42 MPH NNE Aero 40 MPH NE 10/12 53/49/51/-2/0.22/000/00 47 MPH NE Aero 45 MPH NE 10/13 54/52/53/+1/0.15/000/00 40 MPH NE 10/14 56/53/55/+3/2.25/000/00 37 MPH NE 10/15 58/49/54/+2/4.58/000/00 34 MPH NE 10/16 58/48/53/+2/0/331/50 55 MPH WSW Aero 57 MPH W 10/17 60/44/52/+1/0/554/84 47 MPH W Aero 49 MPH W 10/18 64/43/54/+3/0.03/282/43 42 MPH W Aero 42 MPH W 10/19 64/46/55/+4/0/510/78 35 MPH W Aero 36 MPH S 10/20 54/41/48/-2/0/612/94 38 MPH W Aero 40 MPH W 10/21 56/39/48/-2/0/506/78 22 MPH W 10/22 48/39/44/-6/0.78/000/00 44 MPH NE Aero 45 MPH NE 10/23 46/41/44/-5/0.44/000/00 45 MPH NE Aero 46 MPH NE 10/24 47/38/43/-6/0.27/000/00 37 MPH NE Aero 35 MPH NE 10/25 48/37/43/-6/2.45/000/00 67 MPH NNE Aero 67 MPH NE 10/26 morning low temp. 35 deg; normal low now 40 deg. trace of rain 10/15; NEW RECORD RAINFALL is 4.58 inches for the date; previous record was 3.12 inches in 1930. 10/25; NEW RECORD RAINFALL is 2.45 inches for the date; previous record 2.24 inches in 1980. DAILY EXTREMES... Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 26 HIGH 80 IN 1963 LOW 24 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 83 IN 1963 LOW 21 IN 1936 PRE 1.79 INCHES IN 1886 SNOW 0.1 INCHES IN 1957 WIND 54 MPH WNW IN 1968 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling