BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2015   ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ANOTHER DRY DAY, AS TEMPS RISE NEAR RECORD TERRITORY Overnight, clear skies and light winds allowed the formation of a thermal inversion, with temperatures dropping to 30F just 3.5 miles away and 600 feet lower at Norwood Memorial Airpot (KOWD). Meanwhile, temperatures dipped to a minimum of 44F with ASOS registering a quick 50F peak temperature at the 7:00 AM EST observation, while it was 34F at KOWD during the same period. Temperatures have risen steadily through the morning with  a forecast high near 70F. Today's daily record maximum temperature is 75F, set back in 1990.  By the 1:00 PM EST observation skies were nearly completely clear with only a few cirrus along the horizon to the NNE-NE. Temperatures were well above our daily normal high of 55F, with a maximum temperatures of 69F recorded at the observation.  PRELIMINARY STATS FOR OCTOBER 2015 TEMPERATURE, Deg. F Avg. Max. 59.9 [-0.4] Avg. Min. 43.1 [+0.2] Mean      51.5 [-0.1] Corrected mean: 51.1 Max. for month: 76 on 12th Min. for month: 26 on 19th COOLING DEGREE DAYS Total cooling units: 0 [-5]   Total for the season: 810 [+208] Total for last season: 595 HEATING DEGREE DAYS Total heating units: 411 [-10]   Total for the season: 454 [-109] Total for last season: 422 PRECIPITATION, Inches Total: 2.69 [-2.00] Greatest in 24 hrs: 1.58 from 28th-29th   WIND, mph Avg. uncorrected wind speed: 12.6 Avg. corrected wind speed: 12.9 Prevailing wind direction: NNW @ 13% Peak gust and direction: 53 SSE on the 28th, S on the 29th SUNSHINE: Campbell-Stokes card minutes: n/a Astronomical total minutes:   n/a     Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered cirrus, few altocumulus distant WNW-NE, inversion present, estimated top 500 feet over city N Temperature: 47F; Dew Point: 41F; Wind: SW at 8 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.16 ins. Hg, rising, then more slowly  Visibility: 60 miles, light distant haze 6-hr Max temp: 50F  6-hr Min temp: 44F 24-hr precip: 0.00 ins.  BHO SA 1155 250 SCT 60 213/47/41/2208/016/  FEW AC DSNT WNW-NE INVSN PRSNT ESTMD TOP 5 HND OVR CTY N  LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS SUN DOGS/ 8/031 51005 10050 20044 10 A.M. Weather: Clear, few altocumulus distant NNW-NNE Temperature: 59F; Dew Point 42F; Wind: SSW at 9 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.16 ins. Hg, rising, then falling but higher still  Visibility: 70 miles, light distant haze, thin fog distant NE BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 215/59/42/2109/016/ FEW AC DSNT NNW-NNE  THN FG DSNT NE LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/030 50002 1 P.M.  Weather: Clear, few cirrus distant NNE-NE Temperature: 69F; Dew Point 43F; Wind: WSW @ 10 kts   Sea-level pressure: 30.11 ins. Hg, falling then more slowly  Visibility: 70 miles, light distant haze 6-hr max. temp. 69F 6-hr min. temp. 47F BHO SA 1755 CLR 70 197/69/43/2510/011/ FEW CI DSNT NNE-NE LGT DSNT HZ ALQDS/ 8/001 56018 10069 20047   SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015     TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....62   NORMAL.....55 MIN.....47   NORMAL.....37  MEAN....55   NORMAL.....46    DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......................+9 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....................+15  [+7.3 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............10   DEPARTURE..........-9 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............23   DEPARTURE.........-15 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............477   DEPARTURE........-124 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......476   DIFFERENCE.........+1   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................24  W   AT  6:13 A.M.*                         ASOS........................25  W   AT  6:13 A.M.                           DAVIS.......................24  W   AT  5:32 A.M. RMY N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................20  W   AT  6:39 A.M.*  MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................20  W   AT  6:44 A.M.          MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................18  W   AT  6:13 A.M.         AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...............10.3 W                     ASOS........................10.0                         DAVIS........................9.1 W [277 Deg.]  *ADDITIONAL PEAK GUST OR FASTEST MILE OCCURRENCES PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.....0.00  DEPARTURE.....-0.15                          ASOS...............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........TRACE  DEPARTURE.....-0.31                          ASOS...............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........36.83  DEPARTURE.....-7.25                            ASOS................N/A *** *** ASOS annual total not available due to erroneous readings PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER & NOVEMBER CALENDAR DAY DATA   DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/RMY GUST RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ....: Data not yet available, records not finalized 10/1  55/51/53/-4/0.03/000/00               39 NE  RMY N/A 10/2  51/47/49/-8/0.18/000/00               40 NE  RMY 43  10/3  51/45/48/-8/0.31/000/00               38 NE  RMY N/A  10/4  55/49/52/-4/0.00/474/68               35 E   RMY 40 10/5  59/46/53/-3/T/125/18                  21 NE  RMY 20  10/6  68/43/56/+1/0.00/663/96               17 NW  RMY 17 10/7  69/46/58/+3/0.00/640/93               20 W   RMY 20 10/8  63/49/56/+2/0.00/678/99               21 S   RMY N/A 10/9  68/50/59/+5/0.27/130/19               45 S   RMY 49 10/10 59/44/53/-2/0.00/673/99               33 NNW RMY N/A  10/11 67/46/57/+4/0.00/582/86               26 SW  RMY 28 10/12 76/50/63/+10/0.00/647/96              22 SSW RMY 24 10/13 70/55/63/+10/0.27/208/31              23 S   RMY 24 10/14 66/46/56/+4/0.00/428/64               26 W   RMY 29 10/15 60/41/51/-1/0.00/659/99               20 SW  RMY 27 10/16 60/44/52/+1/T/471/71                  31 W   RMY 34 10/17 54/35/45/-6/T/482/73                  30 WNW RMY 33 10/18 45/28/37/-14/0.00/480/73              24 NNW RMY 25 10/19 47/26/37/-13/0.00/648/99              25 SSW RMY 30   10/20 65/43/54/+4/0.00/306/47               28 SW  RMY 28 10/21 59/51/55/+5/0.01/039/06               18 SSE RMY 21   10/22 71/51/61/+12/T/149/23                 31 W   RMY 34 10/23 55/34/45/-4/0.00/541/84               31 NNW RMY 34 10/24 46/33/40/-9/0.00/000/00               15 SSE RMY N/A    10/25 59/44/52/+3/0.04/019/03               29 N   RMY 31 10/26 53/38/46/-2/0.00/636/100              23 NNW RMY 20 10/27 56/35/46/-2/0.00/531/81               15 SE  RMY N/A 10/28 64/44/54/+6/..../019/03               53 SSE RMY N/A 10/29 72/52/62/+15/..../257/41              53 S   RMY N/A  10/30 59/38/49/+2/0.00/.../..               33 WNW RMY 35 10/31 54/32/43/-4/0.00/.../..               18 SSW RMY N/A  11/1  59/45/52/+6/T/.../..                  30 SSW RMY 31   11/2  62/47/55/+9/0.00/.../..               24 W   RMY N/A 11/3 low since midnight is 44F; normal low is now 37F   DAILY RECORDS FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2015 -NONE   DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 3 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 4 HIGH 77 IN 1987 LOW 22 IN 1891 PRECIP 3.27 INCHES IN 1910 SNOWFALL 6.4 IN 1945 PEAK GUST 73 WNW IN 1965 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald