BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME OVERCAST AND CHILLY WITH A SLOW SEA BREEZE.... Today we observed mostly cloudy skies that became overcast before the 10 A.M. observation. Visibility was good, being 75 miles on average. A sea breeze around 10 mph is coming in from the northeast, with a max gust around 21 mph.   With most of the month behind us, we find ourselves sitting at +5.7F departure thus far. This is on pace for one of the warmest Novembers on record dating back 1885. We will see how the remainder of the month goes! We are once again going to complain about the rainfall deficit, as we are 1.57 inches under on the month. The annual deficit is 4.17 inches. According to the drought monitor, we are still in a Moderate drought. The high so far today is 43F, 5 degrees below the daily normal high of 48F. The low since midnight 33F, a degree above the normal low of 32F.  Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Broken stratocumulus and cirrocumulus Temperature: 34F; Dew Point: 27F; Relative Humidity: 75% Wind: NNE at 9 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.53 ins. Hg, falling then rising Visibility: 75 miles 6-hr Max temp: 38F 6-hr Min temp: 33F 24-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. 24-hr Snow: 0.0 ins. Snow Depth: 0 ins. BHO SA 1155 30 BKN 250 BKN 75 337/34/27/0309/053/ 8/509 50008 10038 20033 10 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratocumulus Temperature: 42F; Dew Point: 33F; Relative Humidity: 71% Wind: ENE at 9 kts, gusting to 18 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.55 ins. Hg: rising steadily Visibility: 75 miles, hazy 3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. 3-hr Snow: 0.0 ins. BHO SA 1455 30 OVC 75 342/42/33/0709G18/055/ 8/5// 53005 1 P.M. Weather: Overcast stratus Temperature: 41F; Dew Point: 35F; Relative Humidity: 79% Wind: ENE at 8 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.51 ins. Hg: falling, then falling more rapidly Visibility: 70 miles 6-hr Max temp: 43F 6-hr Min temp: 34F 6-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. 6-hr Snow: 0.0 ins. Snow Depth: 0 ins. BHO SA 1755 30 OVC 70 328/41/35/0708/051/ 8/6// 58014 10043 20034 SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.......62   NORMAL.....48 MIN.......40   NORMAL.....32 MEAN......51   NORMAL.....40 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL................... +11 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH...................+125 [+5.7 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............14  DEPARTURE......-11 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............333  DEPARTURE.....-124 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.............785  DEPARTURE.....-235 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......1008  DEPARTURE.....-223 PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY (MPH):                      420C/Official..............24 W    AT  11:44 A.M.                      AEROVANE (south tower).....23 W    AT  12:44 P.M.                      ASOS.......................18 W    AT  12:46 P.M.                      DAVIS #1...................24 W    AT  11:44 A.M.                      DAVIS #2 (south tower).....24 W    AT   9:31 A.M.                      RMY........................27                      VECTOR.....................27                      MERLIN.....................24 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY: CONTACTING/OFFICIAL.............................18 WNW  AT  12:45 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...................18 W    AT  12:46 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #1 AVERAGE...............20 W    AT  12:46 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #2 AVERAGE...............19 WNW  AT  12:45 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION:                     CONTACTING/OFFICIAL......10.9 W   [262 total miles]                     ASOS.....................11.0     [264 total miles]                     DAVIS #1.................11.3 WNW [271 total miles]                     DAVIS #2.................11.3 WNW [271 total miles]                     RMY......................10.3 NW  [248 total miles]                     VECTOR...................10.8     [250 total miles] 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.............1.74  DEPARTURE....-1.57                              ASOS.............1.78 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.............42.91  DEPARTURE....-4.17                               ASOS...........43.73 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST): TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HOURS ENDING 7 A.M...........0.0  DEPARTURE.....-0.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH.................Trace  DEPARTURE.....-1.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..................6.5  DEPARTURE.....+5.2 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER CALENDAR DAY DATA DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/PEAK GUST/AERO/RMY GUST AERO: Aerovane wind recording system 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 M:    Missing data 11/01   49/36/43/-3/0.69/0.0/006/01      38 W     AERO 40 W    RMY 39 11/02   40/31/36/-10/T/T/425/69          61 WNW   AERO 62 WNW  RMY 62 11/03   43/29/36/-10/0.00/0.0/473/77     48 WNW   AERO 53 WNW  RMY 48 11/04   54/30/42/-3/0.00/0.0/550/90      30 SSW   AERO 30 SSW  RMY 30 11/05   69/49/59/+14/0.00/0.0/548/90     37 SSW   AERO 40 SSW  RMY 38 11/06   72/55/64/+19/0.00/0.0/394/65     28 SW    AERO 28 SW   RMY M 11/07   75/54/65/+20/0.00/0.0/562/93     21 WSW   AERO 21 WSW  RMY 21 11/08   73/54/64/+20/0.00/0.0/584/97     18 W     AERO 18 W    RMY 19 11/09   74/52/63/+19/0.00/0.0/593/99     20 WSW   AERO 18 WSW  RMY 21 11/10   74/53/64/+20/0.00/0.0/597/100    30 SW    AERO 28 SW   RMY 31 11/11   73/58/66/+23/0.04/0.0/.../..     40 SW    AERO 44 SW   RMY 45 11/12   64/46/55/+12/0.04/0.0/.../..     32 NNW   AERO 31 NNW  RMY 33 11/13   48/38/43/0/0.30/0.0/.../..       22 NW    AERO 21 NW   RMY 25 11/14   49/32/41/-1/0.00/0.0/.../..      26 NW    AERO 28 NW   RMY 29 11/15   58/30/44/+2/0.62/0.0/.../..      60 S     AERO 67 S    RMY 65 11/16   53/39/46/+4/0.00/0.0/.../..      40 WNW   AERO 41 WNW  RMY 43 11/17   47/32/40/-1/0.00/0.0/.../..      28 NW    AERO 28 NW   RMY 30 11/18   32/19/26/-15/0.00/0.0/.../..     40 NW    AERO 46 NW   RMY 43 11/19   44/18/31/-10/0.00/0.0/.../..     37 SW    AERO 39 SW   RMY 43     11/20   63/44/54/+14/0.00/0.0/.../..     33 SSW   AERO 35 SSW  RMY 37 11/21   62/40/51/+11/0.00/0.0/.../..     24 W     AERO 23 W    RMY 27 11/22 The low since midnight is 33F, the daily normal low is 32F DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2020 11/06/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71F SET IN 1959 AND 2015 11/07/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75F,           TIES PREVIOUS RECORD OF 75F SET IN 1938 11/08/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72F SET IN 1938 11/09/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72F SET IN 1975 11/11/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 58F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 56F IN 2002           DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68F IN 1984 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 22 HIGH 70 IN 1931 LOW 9 IN 2018 PRECIP 1.78 INS IN 2005 SNOWFALL 9.0 INS IN 1971 PEAK GUST 70e SE IN 1945 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 23 HIGH 73 IN 1931 LOW 9 IN 1888, 2018 PRECIP 2.33 INS IN 2006 SNOWFALL 5.5 INS IN 1989 PEAK GUST 64e S IN 1953 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Benjamin Turner