BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015   ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME COOLER SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ON A DAY WITH FEW CLOUDS With temperatures only climbing into the 50s, no records will  be set today as normal temperatures have returned to the area.    Generally clear skies have given way to small patches of cumulus clouds with very gusty winds and dry conditions.   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: 11238/19824 or 57% Astronomical total minutes:   11666/20566 or 57%     Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Clear, few cumulus NNW-NE and NE-ESE few stratocumulus  ESE-SSW  Temperature: 40F; Dew Point: 33F; Wind: WNW at 8 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.21 ins. Hg, rising then more slowly  Visibility: 75 miles 6-hr Max temp: 45F  6-hr Min temp: 39F 24-hr precip: 0.00 ins.  BHO SA 1155 CLR 75 229/40/33/3008/021/ FEW CU DSNT NNW-N AND E-ESE FEW SC DSNT ESE-SSW/ 8/800 52030 10045 20039 10 A.M. Weather: Clear, few cumulus all quadrants Temperature: 48F; Dew Point 30F; Wind: WNW at 14 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.27 ins. Hg, rising,  Visibility: 70 miles  BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 249/48/30/3014/027/ FEW CU ALQDS/ 8/100 51020 1 P.M.  Weather: Clear, few cumulus Temperature: 54F; Dew Point 28F; Wind: WNW at 13G19 kts   Sea-level pressure: 30.27 ins. Hg, steady then falling   Visibility: 70 miles   6-hr max. temp. 54F   6-hr min. temp. 40F   BHO SA 1755 CLR 70 248/54/28/3013G19/027/ FEW CU/ 8/100 58001 10054 20040 SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015     TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....64   NORMAL.....53 MIN.....46   NORMAL.....36  MEAN....55   NORMAL.....45    DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....................+10 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....................+88  [+12.4 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............10   DEPARTURE.........-10 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............50   DEPARTURE.........-87 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............504   DEPARTURE........-196 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......561   DIFFERENCE........-57   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................33 WNW AT 11:43 A.M. *                    ASOS........................37 WNW AT 11:42 A.M.                           DAVIS.......................34 WNW AT 10:58 A.M. RMY 35 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................24 WNW AT  8:56 A.M.  MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................28 W   AT  8:55 A.M.          MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................24 WNW AT  8:55 A.M.         AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.............14.5  WNW                     ASOS......................15.0                         DAVIS.....................12.6  W [278 Deg.]  * Last of several 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.....-1.09                          ASOS...............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........36.83  DEPARTURE.....-8.02                            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 59/44/52/-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/+6/0.63/019/03               53 SSE RMY N/A 10/29 72/52/62/+15/0.95/257/41              53 S   RMY N/A  10/30 59/38/49/+2/0.00/626/100              33 WNW RMY 35 10/31 54/32/43/-4/0.00/573/92               18 SSW RMY N/A  * Mean temperature on the 10th corrected from 53 to 52. 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  71/44/58/+12/0.00/.../..              25 W   RMY 25 11/4  66/49/58/+13/0.00/.../..              22 SSW RMY N/A 11/5  72/51/62/+17/0.00/.../..              31 SW  RMY 36   11/6  71/60/66/+21/0.00/.../..              35 SSW RMY 38 11/7  64/46/55/+10/0.00/.../..              33 WNW RMY 35 11/8  low since midnight is 39F; normal low is now 36F   DAILY RECORDS FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2015 **11/6 DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71F        TIES PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71F SET IN 1959   **11/6 DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 60F        BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 58F SET IN 1938 **11/6 DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 60F        TIES PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD OF 60F SET ON         11/8/1996 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 8 HIGH 72 IN 1938 LOW 20 IN 1921 PRECIP 2.24 INCHES IN 1972 SNOWFALL 4.0 IN 1894 PEAK GUST 72e SE IN 1947 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 9 HIGH 72 IN 1975 LOW 17 IN 1971 PRECIP 1.37 INCHES IN 1969 SNOWFALL 0.2 IN 1921,1923 PEAK GUST 73e S IN 1943 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Millette