DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2015 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME SUNNY SKIES HAVE GIVEN WAY TO HIGH CLOUDS AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE LOWER 50S A cold start to the morning with temperatures reaching freezing left frost on the ground in many places. The 7 o'clock observation saw temperatures barely above freezing and excellent visibilities under clear skies. Clear skies gave way to high level cirrostratus clouds as temperatures climbed into the lower 50s by the 1 o'clock observation. Visibilities remained high and the excellent views both in the distance and of the local fall foliage made for a great viewing day from the summit. Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Clear Temperature: 34F; Dew Point: 28F; Wind: WNW at 7 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.19 ins. Hg, rising then more rapidly Visibility: 90 miles 6-hr Max temp: 37F 6-hr Min temp: 32F 24-hr precip: 0.00 BHO SA 1155 90 225/34/28/3107/019/ CLR SKC 8/000 53021 10037 20032 10 A.M. Weather: Clear, Few Cirrostratus distant S-NNW Temperature: 45F; Dew Point 31F; Wind: SW at 8 Kts Sea-level pressure: 30.22 ins. Hg, rising then more slowly Visibility: 80 miles BHO SA 1355 80 233/45/31/2008/022/ CLR CS DNST S-NNW 8/005 50007 1 P.M. Weather: Few Cirrus, Broken Cirrostratus Temperature: 57F; Dew Point 34F; Wind: VRB at 04 kts Wind: Light and Variable Sea-level pressure: 30.16 ins. Hg, rising then falling Visibility: 75 miles 6-hr max. temp. 53F 6-hr min. temp. 34F 6-hr precip: none BHO SA 1755 E300 -BKN 75 214/53/28/VRB04/016 FEW CI ALQDS 8/005 58019 10053 20032 SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....59 NORMAL.....56 MIN.....38 NORMAL.....38 MEAN....49 NORMAL.....47 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......................+2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......................+ 7 [0.0 DEGREES/DAY] COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............0 DEPARTURE...........0 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...............0 DEPARTURE..........-5 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............810 DEPARTURE........+208 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......595 DIFFERENCE.......+215 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............16 DEPARTURE.........-2 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............389 DEPARTURE.........-14 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............432 DEPARTURE........-113 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......405 DIFFERENCE........+27 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................33 WNW AT 9:59 A.M. ASOS........................36 W AT 9:59 A.M. DAVIS.......................34 W AT 11:05 A.M. RMY 35 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................26 WNW AT 10:04 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................28 W AT 9:59 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................24 W AT 11:07 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...............14.0 WNW ASOS........................14.0 DAVIS...................... 12.3 WNW [297 Deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.....0.00 DEPARTURE.....-0.16 ASOS...............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH...........2.69 DEPARTURE.....-1.85 ASOS...............2.73 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........36.83 DEPARTURE.....-6.79 ASOS................N/A *** *** ASOS annual total not available due to erroneous readings PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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/..../000/00 39 NE RMY N/A 10/2 51/47/49/-8/..../000/00 40 NE RMY 43 10/3 51/45/48/-8/..../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/.../.. 28 SW RMY 28 10/21 59/51/55/+5/0.01/.../.. 18 SSE RMY 21 10/22 71/51/61/+12/T/.../.. 31 W RMY 34 10/23 55/34/45/-4/0.00/.../.. 31 NNW RMY 34 10/24 46/33/40/-9/0.00/.../.. 15 SSE RMY N/A 10/25 59/44/52/+3/0.04/.../.. 29 N RMY 31 10/26 53/38/46/-2/0.00/.../.. 23 NNW RMY 20 10/27 56/35/46/-2/0.00/.../.. 15 SE RMY N/A 10/28 64/44/54/+6/..../.../.. 53 SSE RMY N/A 10/29 72/52/62/+15/..../.../.. 53 S RMY N/A 10/30 59/38/49/+2/0.00/.../.. 33 WNW RMY 35 10/31 low since midnight is 32F; normal low is now 38F DAILY RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 2015 -NONE SO FAR. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 31 HIGH 79F IN 1946 LOW 22F IN 1904 PRECIP 3.74 INCHES IN 1991 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1906 PEAK GUST 70e S IN 1945 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 1 HIGH 75 IN 2003 LOW 22 IN 1913,1923 PRECIP 2.93 INCHES IN 1985 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1906,1951 PEAK GUST 78 ESE IN 1997 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Millette