BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2007 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME Today's observations: 7 A.M.   Weather: Clear Temperature: 49F, Dew point: 37F, Wind: W at 18G36 kt Sea-level pressure: 30.12 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 80 miles 6-hour min temp: 49F 24-hour precipitation: 0.29 inches BHO SA 1155 CLR 80 199/49/37/2718G26/012/ FEW THN CI E-SE FEW SC NW-NNE PK WND 2732/0613/ 8/401 53026 70029 10054 20049   10 A.M.   Weather: Clear Temperature: 52F, Dew point: 32F, Wind: W at 15G20 Sea-level pressure: 30.19 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 75 miles BHO SA 1455 CLR 75 223/52/32/2815G20/019/ FEW SC FRMG ALQDS/ 8/400 51024 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....66    NORMAL.....56 MIN.....52    NORMAL.....40 MEAN....59    NORMAL.....48 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL..........+11 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.........+198 [+7.1 DEGREES/DAY]   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............43 S   AT 4:09 P.M.                              AEROVANE.............44 S   AT 4:09 P.M.                        ASOS.................44 S   AT 4:09 P.M.                      DAVIS................39 SSE AT 2:13 P.M.   FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............34 S   AT 4:07 P.M.  MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........33 S   AT 4:09 P.M.     MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........27 S   AT 4:09 P.M.   AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION......16.9 SSE                    ASOS...............16.5                     DAVIS..............15.9 SSE [161 deg] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M... 0.29  DEPARTURE.....+0.14                          ASOS..............0.31 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........2.66  DEPARTURE.....-1.16                           ASOS..............2.71    TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........35.54  DEPARTURE.....-5.88                          ASOS.............34.83   PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2007...CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST   AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available   10/1  67/49/58/+1/0/592/84     18 S 10/2  72/50/61/+5/0/323/46     20 SSE 10/3  73/61/67/+11/0/077/11    23 SSE 10/4  84/65/75/+19/0/425/61    21 SSW 10/5  86/61/74/+19/0/618/89    21 SSW 10/6  83/62/73/+18/0/526/76    23 WSW 10/7  71/52/61/+7/0.01/110/16  29 NNE 10/8  58/52/55/+1/0.49/000/00  21 S 10/9  59/50/55/+1/0.10/580/85  29 NNW 10/10 57/50/54/0/0.09/000/00   20 ESE 10/11 58/55/57/+4/0.37/000/00  33 ENE TSTM late evening 10/12 62/42/52/-1/0.18/135/20  42 W   Aero 43 MPH W 10/13 59/37/48/-4/0/665/99     25 WNW 10/14 59/42/51/-1/0/629/94     32 W 10/15 62/38/50/-2/0/426/64     29 WNW   10/16 61/43/52/+1/0/650/98     25 NW 10/17 68/41/55/+4/0/455/69     20 SW 10/18 75/57/66/+15/0/151/23    21 S 10/19 70/63/67/+16/0.60/000/00 47 SSE Aero 51 MPH SSE 10/20 70/54/62/+12/0.19/229/35 43 W   Aero 44 MPH W 10/21 73/51/62/+12/0/643/99    25 SSW 10/22 80/58/69/+19/0/595/92    29 S 10/23 74/58/66/+17/0.02/135/21 52 SSW  Aero 55 MPH SSW 10/24 63/50/57/+8/0.10/000/00  24 NW 10/25 54/48/51/+2/0.01/198/31  22 NNE 10/26 58/44/51/+3/.../.../..   25 E  10/27 66/52/59/+11/.../.../..  43 S    Aero 44 MPH S       NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 2007: 10/4 - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE 84F; PREVIOUS 83F IN 1898 and 1959.      - EQUALED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 65F; ALSO IN 1927. 10/5 - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE 86F; PREVIOUS 85F IN 1922 10/6 - EQUALED RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE 83F; ALSO IN 1990. 10/19- EQUALED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 63F; PREVIOUS IN 1928. 10/23 -EQUALED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 58F; ALSO IN 1942 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 28 HIGH 81 IN 1919 LOW 23 IN 1914 PRECIP 2.46 INCHES IN 2006 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1934,1957,1979 PEAK GUST 71 MPH SSW IN 1995 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 29 HIGH 74 IN 1989 LOW 23 IN 1891 PRECIP 2.27 INCHES IN 1953 SNOWFALL 1.5 INCHES IN 2005 PEAK GUST 69 MPH S IN 2003 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Andrew Hoell